Annual report of the Royal Lunatic Asylum of Aberdeen, for the year ending 31st March, 1855.

  • Royal Lunatic Asylum of Aberdeen (Aberdeen, Scotland)
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1855
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Credit: Annual report of the Royal Lunatic Asylum of Aberdeen, for the year ending 31st March, 1855. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE VI. FORM OF INSANITY IN CASES ADMITTED. Amentia, Mania, Dementia,— Monomania, Melancholia, r r~ *■ >r+> ■ <\/i^ /-.a rwsr Males. Females. Total. „ 1 tfVWVi 0 1 , 10 1 Q >e<wvi l irv^vvi 29 . 5 Q %J irvs/w 14 4 3 ^ 1 - 13 ~- 14 21 44 “ T: r/vw 65 TABLE VII. COMPLICATION OF CASES ADMITTED WITH NERVOUS DISEASE. Males. Females. Total. Epilepsy, with 0 Epilepsy, with Dementia, 0 Paralysis, general, with Dementia 2 TABLE VIII. COMPLICATION OF CASES ADMITTED WITH DISEASED IMPULSE. Males, Suicidal Impulse, with Mania, Suicidal Impulse, with Dementia, —-0 Suicidal Impulse, with Melancholia,-—~~— 1 Homicidal Impulse, with Mania,———-0 Homicidal Impulse, with Dementia, —--—0 Females. Total. 1 9 _ 10 TABLE IX. CLASSIFICATION OF ADMISSIONS IN RELATION TO HISTORY AND PREVIOUS DURATION OF THE CASE. First attack, and under 3 months’ previous duration, First attack, above 3 months, but under 1 year’s do. Not first attack, under 1 year’s previous duration, Cases above 1 year’s previous duration, Cases of unrecorded previous duration, 16-61 13-84 1661 9-30 43-64 per cent.