Medical report of the Royal Lunatic Asylum of Aberdeen, for the year ending 31st December, 1859.

  • Royal Lunatic Asylum of Aberdeen (Aberdeen, Scotland)
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1860
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Credit: Medical report of the Royal Lunatic Asylum of Aberdeen, for the year ending 31st December, 1859. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COMPLICATION OF CASES ADMITTED WITH NERVOUS DISEASE. Epilepsy, with Amentia,. Males. . 1 Females. 0 Total. 1 Epilepsy, with Dementia, . . 1 1 2 Epilepsy, with Mania,. . 3 2 5 Epilepsy, with Melancholia,. . 1 0 1 Paralysis, with Dementia,. . 3 1 4 Hypochondriasis, with Melancholia,. . 1 0 1 Hysteria, with Mania,. . 0 2 2 Neuralgia, with Mania,. . 0 1 1 10 7 ... 17 TABLE IX. COMPLICATION OF CASES ADMITTED WITH DISEASED IMPULSE. Suicidal Impulse, with Dementia,..., Males. .. 1 Females. 0 Total. 1 Suicidal Impulse, with Mania,. . 0 1 1 Suicidal Impulse, with Melancholia,. . 5 3 8 Homicidal Impulse, with Mania,. ,, 0 1 1 6 5 11 TABLE X. CLASSIFICATION OF THE NATURE OF CAUSES ASSIGNED IN CASES ADMITTED. Cause assignable, in.. Hereditary predisposition, in. Moral cause, in. Moral and Physical causes combined, in Physical cause, in. Previous attack, in... about 64 5 > 23 11 4 29 21 per cent.