THE INSANE IN GENERAL HOSPITALS

General Paralysis of the Insane

It is a singular fact that, notwithstanding the deeply interesting nature of the subject, only one monograph on the General Paralysis of the Insane (the treatise by Dr. Winn) has appeared in this country; whilst on the continent, not less than five monographs have been published during the last thirty years. Dr. Winn's treatise, published in 1848, and previously printed as an original article i...

General Paralysis of the Insane

calculated 31 general paralytics to 334 insanes, or 9 2 per cent. According to Bayle (1855), the proportion of paralytics in the asylums of Paris was 1 in 4; but Baillarger, on the other hand, gives for Bicetre and Salpetriere together the proportion of 1 in 16. . j When we examine the assigned causes of this mysterious disease, the reason of its unfreqnent appearance in Indian asylums i9 not e...

General paralysis of the insane.

The District Hospitals for the Insane in Ireland.—Superannuations

On the Construction, Organisation, and General Arrangements of Hospitals for the Insane. With Some Remarks on Insanity and Its Treatment

This valuable work is a perfect encyclopaedia of every matter connected with the arrangements of hospitals for the insane. It is thoroughly practical and comprehensive, and the author has minutely detailed every requisite for the health and comfort of the iumates of an asylum. We quite agree with the writer, that the insane are more effectually and more economically treated in a well-regulated ...