Statistics Of Insanity
- Author:
Sir Alexander Morrison, M.D., PHYSICIAN TO THE SURREY
COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM, ETC.
In a Paper lately laid before the Society for Improving the Condition of the Insane, established in 1842, by the late Earl of Shaftesbury, the following highly gratifying statement is given by Sir Alexander Mor- rison, of the result of treatment in the Public Establishments of which he has been Physician during the last thirty years :?
The admissions amounted to … 6779 6779 Of whom were removed by”) friends or others during C 454 treatment ) Remaining in the establishments 1587 Leaving to be accounted for … 4738 6779 Of whom were discharged Uncured 806 Died 1440 Recovered … 2492 Of the 806 uncured, 173 were either paralytic, epileptic, or idiotic. The causes of the disorder assigned in 1428 of the cases recovered were as under :? Hereditary predisposition existed in Intemperance Pregnancy, child-bearing, abortion, lactation, &c Disappointments, reverses, embarrassments, losses, or privations Religious excitement Grief Disappointed affection Anxiety, vexation 43 Terror 39 Blows on tlie head, falls 23 Epilepsy 23 Paralysis 8 Causes of more rare occurrence 219 Of the remaining cases for which no cause was assigned, the disorder had previously occurred in 270. The causes of death in 1431 cases were as under : Paralysis (in general the cause of the disorder intemperance) … 284 Exhaustion (chiefly after great cerebral excitement) 190 Pulmonary consumption 164 Epilepsy 135 Diarrhoea 120 Apoplexy 100 Decay of nature?old age 52 Convulsions 29 Diseased lungs 29 Fever 27 Hydro thorax 25 Absccsses and ulcers 25 Cerebral disease 20 Erysipelas 18 Disease of the heart or great vessels 18 Asiatic cholera 18 General debility 16 Dysentery, ulcerated intestines… 13 Suicide 13 Tabes, marasmus, atrophy 11 Cancer 10 Bronchitis 10 Asphyxia 9 UPON THE MORBID DESIRE TO KILL. 155 Dropsy Pneumonia Asthma Enteritis Gangrene Wounds, falls Cynanche Pleuritis Diseased liver, bilious cholera … Diseased bladder, cystitis, ischuria Diseased ovaria Peritonitis Influenza Diseased Stomach 2 Lumbar abscess 2 Hemorrhoidal discharge 2 Chorea 2 lluptured liver Ruptured spleen Hernia ; Hemiplegia Delirium tremens Concussion Spinal disease Scrofula Burn
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