Report on classification of mental diseases as a basis of international statistics of the insane : made to the Belgian Society of Mental Medicine / by Clark Bell.

  • Bell, Clark, 1832-1918.
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[1886]
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Credit: Report on classification of mental diseases as a basis of international statistics of the insane : made to the Belgian Society of Mental Medicine / by Clark Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    mittee, appointed at Antwerp last September, under the auspices of your Society. This Conference was held on 8tli September, 1886, at Saratoga, New York, and notwithstanding divergence of views, unanimously agreed upon a basis, which it gives me great pleasure to submit to your body, and which I shall also transmit to my associates upon the International Committee. It is hoped, on this side the Atlantic, that out of the various classifications submitted, some one may be selected by the International Committee, or j'our body, which may ultimately receive the assent of all, and that in the near future we may realize a uniform basis, that shall be accepted and adopted, for International Statistics of the Insane, by the civilized world. After the labors of the International Committee in selecting the basis, have been completed, much will be needed to secure uniformity in International Legislation, in order to reap the benefit of those labors, and the co- operation of Publicists and Governments must be in- voked. The system of census taking by the General Govern- ment of the United States of America, compares favor- ably with other countries. Among American States, Massachusetts, has already placed herself in advance of the others, and tolerably accurate returns are now made in that State, as also done in Ireland and Norway. It is hoped these results may be greatly improved in the near future by all or many other countries. It remains for the International Committee, or your s \