Statistics of Bethlem Hospital, with Remarks on Insanity

Bethlem Hospital

sioners in lunacy. These gentlemen have, from time to time, had various statements laid before them as to the alleged gross mismanagement of this hospital, and desirous of ascertaining the accuracy of the reports in circulation, the commissioners applied to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for permission to officially examine into the condition of the institution and to ascertain...

Critical Remarks on the "Plea of Insanity"

fut 1 ' J1' 'i ^ a *n I)0sscssi?uhe got nearer the place where the win . i Was PerPctrated, his look appeared, to the witnesses who saw him, Wa T] an moro frantic. lie was seen looking into the water, where the body thrown after it was committed, in a raised and insane manner. He was n near the spot, in a subsequent part of the same day, moving about like a hanged person, and declared he was Si...

The Removel of Bethlem Hospital

a change of site might help to free the hospital of a heavy deficit. More than half its patients were last year treated free of all charge; others paid only relatively small amounts. Nor are the arrangements for the nurses altogether adequate, and where work is so trying and calls for so much skill and patience it is only fair that the staff should be made as comfortable as modern convenience c...

Statistics of Insanity

Hereditary predisposition existed in Intemperance Pregnancy, child-bearing, abortion, lactation, &c Disappointments, reverses, embarrassments, losses, or privations Religious excitement Grief Disappointed affection Anxiety, vexation 43 Terror 39 Blows on tlie head, falls 23 Epilepsy 23 Paralysis 8 Causes of more rare occurrence 219 Of the remaining cases for which no cause was assigned, the dis...

Some Remarks on the Foundations of Statistics