Annual report of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the insane : For the year ending 31st December 1865.

  • Royal Edinburgh Asylum
Date:
1866
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Credit: Annual report of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the insane : For the year ending 31st December 1865. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Arachnoid was thickened in ] case of Senile Mania, 1 of Me¬ lancholia, 6 of General Paralysis, and 1 of Dementia. The Arachnoid, was opaque In 1 case of Acute Mania, 1 of Senile Mania, 1 of Epileptic Mania, 1 of Melancholia, 6 of General Para¬ lysis, and 1 of Dementia. There teas a morbid amount of Fluid in the cavity of Arachnoid and, in the Sub-Arachnoid space in 1 case of Acute Mania, 2 of Me¬ lancholia, 3 of General Paralysis, and 3 of Dementia. The Arteries were atheromatous in 1 case of Acute Mania, 1 of Epileptic Mania, 2 of Melancholia, 3 of General Paralysis, and 1 of Dementia. The Brain was congested in 1 case of Acute Mania, 1 of Epileptic Dementia, and 1 of General Paralysis. The Brain was anoemic in l case of Acute Mania, and 1 of Gene¬ ral Paralysis. The Brain was oedematous in 1 case of Melancholia. The Layers in the Grey Matter were unusually distinct in 1 case of Senile Mania, 1 of General Paralysis, and l of Dementia. There was atrophy of Anterior Lobes in 1 case of Acute Mania, 1 of Genera! Paralysis, and 1 of Dementia. There ivas atrophy of Individual Convolutions in 1 case of Melan¬ cholia. Jhe Grey Matter was unusually vale in 1 case of Melancholia. The Grey Matter was unusually dark in 1 case of General Para- lysis, and 1 of Dementia. Morbid amount of Fluid in Ventricles in 1 case of Acute Mania, 4 | of Senile Mania, 6 of General Paralysis, and 2 of Dementia. The Ventricles were much distended until fluid in 1 case of Acute Mania, 1 of General Paralysis, and 1 of Dementia. Granulations on the walls of the Ventricles in 8 cases of General Paralysis. The Choroid Plexus ivas cystic in 1 case of Dementia, and 3 of Mania. I he Sinuses were much gorged with blood, in 2 cases of Acute Mania, 1 of Epileptic Dementia, 1 of General Paralysis, and 1 of Dementia. Apoplectic Clots were observed in 1 case of Acute Mania, 1 of General Paralysis, and 2 of Dementia. The Vessels of the Pia Mater were undergoing fatty degeneration in i ] case of Melancholia. Brain generally soft in 1 case of General Paralysis. The Pia Jlater was congested in l case of General Paralysis, and 1 of Acute Mania.