Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-04

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after this, about 8 O'Clock, and said
had been giving directions about Is
business, and was going home TO So,
three or four days.
ss-erdnatned. 1T did not occur
me that he was insane; he was sick
was satisfied his mind was not right
Monday; | had loaned Green Son
money some months previous.
Warren Green-Am son of JAG,
Green; lived with my father at time
his death; Twill be 20 years old the2 %
April. Father was pressed with bu
ness for three or four weeks before L
death. On the Sunday before his dea
ne washed the hearse, and was getti,
ready for Blodgett's funeral; am
certain whether | was at sbon on M,
day evening; was doing errapds arop-
the street and went home about eo'cIocs
father was there and DR.. Wager y.
there talking with him; went 10 h.
early, because l was to get up Ven
early in morning and go to Cnderbr
| slept up stairs, over their room; Il,
not see or hear anything that took pls,
through the night. Early next mor1,.-
mother called me TO go down and p
horse and hitch on to the hearse: I s.
so, and we took breakfast, both Of n.
and then we rode down to Water SIR.
on the hearse; put the corpse In the M
fin, and the coffin in the hearse :hecs-.
up on the hearse with me as far As G..
lege street; said that as he was doe,
there he guessed he would 60 and G.
lect some bills down near the lake. n.
against Joel Thomas and some at Pin
eer shop. ! told him he wouldn't
likely to find the men there 1t was
early. and he finally got on 10 the bear.
and rode with me up to the corner n
Church and College streets.
Cr0aS-e1amined. 1t had been arranrs
the day before, that I should 20 to T.
derhill that morning. 1t was half-rss
six to twenty minutes TO seven when
parted with him; he was worried ar
sick, but did not appear oth-rw.a
strange. He told me to be a good br7
take good care of horses to come ho-.
when I got ready, and stop and rest G.
Junction, and bait the team.
Matthew C0le-Knew Jacob G-sl.
from the day he was BON till he der
knew his father and grandfather. Z.
father was crazy; should say be beca-s
crazy when he was twenty odd va
old; it was said to be love affair: l.
had different spells Of being crazy, ne7-
more than a year at time. a good do
of the time he would work as wei
any man when they didn't consid-rhz
straight he would be about bis work. Z.
wasn't considered ugly, butthey built
a plank cage and Gagged him because /.
plagued the children by playing tries
upon them and pulling their hair
make them cry; would keep talking T.
himself while working. He was at Be.
tleboro Insane Asylum when he die-
had been there about a year; was b..
physician, and he was sent there ny rr
advice. l was hisphysician from 1881
till he went to BrattleborO.
Cr08s-eIamined.-His insanity was g.
to some trouble with the bra..
He told me once that he went over r .
the AdirOndacks, got into the water 81.
caught a violent cold, and it caused 1a
craziness. He was crazy before he n2-
ried.
Dr.. Charles L. AElen-Reside in RI
land. Formerly held a Professorsh.p L
CastletOn Medical College, and Al NJ.
time also in University Of Vermont il
this city. Have given some attention.
the subject Of insanity. It is q settla5
point that insanity is hereditary 81
from parent TO child. p
sons whose ancestors have been inss-.
are more liable TO insanity than Others
Slight causes will frequently produce il
the fear Of insanity will brir.
i on. a large proportion Of cases @.
insanity in hospitals are found 10 b.
hereditary. To some extent there is
race of similarity in the manifestati01
IF the disease between father and son
though not usually noticed. The clr
of a mans life may largely
control these manifestations. Owe
work, sleepless nights, irregular habits
Ill tend to produce insanity Loss r.
sleep will act on the nervous system
insanity has different forms. A MAJ
nay be really insane, and still be able
o 90 on with his business, or there nlaT
De a loss of mind resulting in dement's
n it may be partial mania. Conscious
less of premOnitOTy symptoms of insa1-
ty would have 3 tendency 10 develon
he disease. II would produce a shOca
# insanity would be loss of appetite
walking about and murtel
no to himself. Thinking upon any sub
ect relating to death has a tendency f
Xcite the mind. An intimation 10 sUcl
man that he is liable to be insane N 81,
produce such a shock as 10 unhalarce
he mind. We try 10 quiet the nervous
ystem. The longer the patient COZ,
inues in business the more permanent
he disease is liable 10 become In the az
regate of cases.
QueS. a man 49 years Of age.
whose father had been insane all h,s
fe, and he in hot season Of the vesr
verwOrked and pressed with his busl-
eSs-up nights, restless, slePpless, com
flaming of his head-fear of being ruiz.
d when there was no real cause for il
Rwilling to leave his business, and f.
ally seeing his physician and beingtold
e was liable to be insane becomes eI-
tied, his eyes blood-shot, up In the
light praying TO be saved from doing
nything desperate, and finally drowrin.
imself. What does such a state Of facts
Indicate
AHS.-You have described an essert.-
lily insane man. should treat suc1
IAN as insane. The tendency TO CON
lit suicide is strong in an insane mar
Quss.-Whether the tendency n sui
ide in insane persons manifests itseL
Y sudden acts, or by premeditaticr
Ans.-The more usual way is With
ut reconciliation, though there are
ases reported where it has been deliber
te. l have been called to cases whers
le occasion for suicide las presented
self suddenly.
Cr0ss-eTamined-H Have not made the
Judy of insanity a specially, and bsTs
ever been connected with any Luua-;c
.sylum. 1t is often a nice question t9
etermine whether a man is insane OF
OF. Some persons are insane upon
subject, and yet engage COT
-antly in their business. A man may be
of an insane tendency and Ell
eavor to concealit. There are all de.
rees of insanity, from that which i re-
ateable, down 10 utter midnight of The
You will often fr1
Fidencc of preparation and foreth0uCbl
| the suicidal mania. The insane per
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