Twenty-third annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester. December, 1855.

  • State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester.
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1856
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Credit: Twenty-third annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester. December, 1855. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    arising, it was supposed, from investigating its phenomena and from believing in its supposed truthful revelations of the future state of existence. If it was true that this process of investi¬ gation did really open to the mind any knowledge of the world to come, not revealed to us by the Scriptures—which many of its votaries assert and believe—then it would be a cause calcu¬ lated in the highest degree to engage, excite, and disturb the mind. But it has been said by those best prepared to investi¬ gate closely, that the responses through the mediums contain no ideas of this or the next world, that were not then, or had not previously been, in the mind of some one present. It may be a new faculty of the mind, but its field of operations lies this side of the grave. TABLE 7. Duration of insanity before admission Less than 1 year insane, More than 1 and less than 2 years insane, 72 14 “ “ 2 ss sc 5 sc sc • • 9 25 ss ss g sc it 10 sc cc 9 © 9 18 “ “ 10 sc cc 15 ss cc © © 9 7 CC SS j£J u sc 20 ss cc o • 9 2 « “ 20 ss sc 25 u cc o © » 2 “ “ 25 ss SC 30 sc sc © • €> 0 Over 30 years. • « o © t> & 4 Unknown, • • d 9 © 9 55 199 Duration of insanity with those remaining in the Hospital at the end of the year:— Less than 1 year, • • 9 e \« 9 15 1 year and less than 2, * P • P 31 2 years “ cc 5, • O p P 45 5 “ “ sc 10, • 9 p © 70 10 “ “ cc 15, * » * 9 38 15 “ “ cc 20, » 9 • • 38 20 “ “ cc 25, • • p • 14 25 “ ss 30, • e 5 30 years and more, • • P p 7 Unknown, • • 9 • p • 73 336