Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-01-06
Northern Iunntic Asylum.

We have not received the Annual Report of
this Institution, but the State Journal furnishes
some extracts from it At the commencement
of the year just closed the whole number of
patients in the Asylum was as follows
Whole number, I4s; received during the
wear, 1913; whole number treated, 27l; daily
average under treatment, l57 75-lOO; ordinary
capacity of the house, l4Oi discharged recover
ed, &c; improved. 10; unimproved, II; eloped,
(much improved) l; died, 7; whole number dis
charged, lie; remaining Oct. 81, 1858, under
treatment l55 80
ACCORDING to the above table there were &c
recoveries, being in the ratio of $50 per cent
of the number admitted, or AZ per cent OF the
average number of inmates.
The number of admissions since the opening
of the institution is 549; of these 245 have re-
covered, giving a ratio of 446 per cent. OF re-
! eoyeries on the total number admitted, or oil
| g. / per cent. deducting those who still remain
under treatment.
The mortality during the year 1858 amounted
| to or OPS per cent. of those under treatment
One of the tables in the Superintendent's Re-
port, affords some singular facts In regard to IN
sanity among the agricultural population. II
| shows the number of farmers admitted, with
the causes and time of manifestation OF the dis
ease, since the opening of the institution.
Pecuniary, z; ill-health, II; unknown, 20
supr cutan. eruption, q hard labor, 2; religious
excitement, 9; hard study, 4; intemPeranee, 4
domestic trouble, 4; jealousy, 2; masturoatlon
10; spirit rapping, A; use OF tobacco, /; miller
ism, l; want of sleep, l; disappointment, =
fright, 4; hereditary, 8; epilepsy, 2; injury
head, 8: excitement in business, l; injury
spine, / Total, ia.
REMARKS OF SUPERINTENDENT
Table No. 4 exhibits a greater proportion o
farmers among the male patients admitted thu
past year than of any or all other occupations
The whole number of males admitted since the
opening OF the institution, is 259, OF whcf
number ia were farmers. To this might aist
be added number of the German female pa
tients. whose general labor was in the field
Table No IL will present the alleged cause.
and the different seasons of the year IN whlcl
insanity became manifest. From the same l
will he seen that the number of cases origlna
ting in the warmer months, (May, June, July
August and September,) equal nearly all tn
rest, The question has been frequently asked
why farmers are more subject to mental dis
turbances than those of other occupations. Il
answer to this it might be said, that althoug
agricultural pursuits are generally consldere'
to be the most healthy, yet may, in many cases
, during the not monChs' prove ueletr
not fatal, laying the germ of future disorganl
cation; as in case of sun stroke there seem
to be state of paralysis of the nervous sys
TEN, and if reaction is not speedily restores
: death will ensue Post-mortem in such caset
shows pethoric state of the blood vessels
the brain, indicative of passive or venous cor
! gestion. Although a variety of causes are as
+ signed in cases of insanity originating in th
hot seasons, subsequent investigation has show
that the same were unreliable.
HALLUCINATIoNs.
We have, as much as our limited time and ci
cumstances permitted, examined the folowin
! number of cases, viz: out of lsS patients, 62 ha
no delusions; the remaining l26 presented u
q following of hallucinations and illusions: