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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ...Other cases have long been with us in which the paroxysms occur at nearly as regular periods. One female is now in the Hospital who is greatly excited about twothirds of the time, and is quiet and rational the remainder. These ex-, citements occur at nearly regular periods. There have been two cases in which every other day was a day of excitement and the alternate day quiet. During the very warm weather of the last summer we had unusual excitements in the Hospital, and we have always found the winter more quiet than the summer months. Table 16. Shows the proportionate recovery of cases of insanity produced by different causes. The number of cases caused by intemperance has been one hundred and fifty-eight, of which eighty-one have recovered, or are curable, which is about fifty-one per cent. The number of cases admitted, the cause of which are the various domestic afflictions, has been one hundred and ninety-three, of which one hundred and twelve have recovered, which is a little less than sixty per cent. The number admitted arising from ill health, has been one hundred and fifty-five, of these ninety-seven recovered, which is more than sixtytioo per cent. The number of cases admitted arising from religious causes, has been seventy, of which thirty-nine recovered, which is more than fifty-fivt per cent The number of cases from masturbation has been eighty-one, of which fifteen have recovered, which is about eightetn and a half per cent. On the subject of this last cause it is proper to remark that it is impossible to decide what cases arise from it, and in what cases it is the effect of disease; this, however, is certain, that it renders all incurable that do not abandon it. Table 17. In this table I have brought together various interesting facts, and pre...
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