, 1873-08-03
Interesting Statistics Covering the
Period Since the Fire.
Causes Of Loss Of Reason.
Insanity Caused by tho Great Ftrc, by Lows,
and by Matrlmony.


dato from,-thore have boon nd]ulgcd insane In
tho County and Circuit Courts Of Cook. County
bstwccn two and three hundred porsonn. Tho
great majority wero triod before tho County
Court, Judge Wallace presiding. Immediately
hftor the fire, tho Circuit court, recovering first,
tried number Of oasos in tho uigh-sohool
building. In 1aat May, or tlorcabouts, tho same
Court tried several others, It being time Of Taca-
Non in tho County Court.
Thoro arc great many instaucos, Of course,
where caBoa Of insanity have becn frosted in
this county whoroin private physicians woro
ealled In, and tho patients removed to private
hsylums, LOT which there Ia q considerable
numbor. Uow mnny Is not known, aud mover
will be.
The form Of
pAoyna SANITY Oh INSANITY
In rs follows: Firat q petition Of tho relative
or sono party intoroated, stating that tho pa-
tiont in inaano, with tic Endorsement Of ro-
spsetahle physican; +; second An order from tho
Court. na follows:
In tho n,atter Of tho alleged insanity Of -
On rGeaains and nllns the petition M dny vert1ed Of
- of ths county of oook, IN the State Of Illinois,
soinauss t4a ot I'D s 5 SDea ana %
motion, 1t = osdesea na. witt q inquisition bo
this Court on the-day Of =, 167o, 1t = o'clock =
a:a9 70 5a & anu IN 1na - senao %
iawSni ncn nna nf ssnn Ill, I' Sa ~ So91 hrs 1
clan. to serya an turora in the rnnaitar
Of sd inquiry, aud also that subpoena b fBsucd to
tho witnesses namod In said petition, commanding
:sss :ss tsasp E In court at tho ane Tina to 's, il
8: And now comos tho said -, who Is alleged to
rfso cnno. At whoss snstanco bn ns .rrn.toi
and thoreupon alao come tho nrors Of i1ry nf oood
and Lawful men, to-wtt: doctor Of medicine and
-, who, aftoE be!ng duly emraneled md sworn
] socotdng to n.y. nnd having hoa1a tho evidence ID
aacsa anu inc arguments Of counscl, retire
IL consass tbo,r rsr 1% 1herono ,no oonts @
Court and, in tho presence of tho satI M. deliver
tne'r verdict in the words and nsurea follows, to-
4. Ne, tho nndora!gned JUROR IN tho case Of -,
ho alleged to ne ineane hn'inH heard tho evidence
f. NJ .rsnn to In scn ~ tho Ioun. . III M
Insnne thst ho IN rcsi5icnt NJ In fomtv ~ ron
in the stae Of Illinois; that lis aeo Il
- years; that hiH diuoase is Of = duration;
that tho cause -, unknown that the dscaso ID
not With h! hereditary that hc Is not subject TO cpl
upas 'nns @ " t ~ isoe m lRon 'srnn OF any 1ecuoua
%herSunon @ Sa. nr nnan TIM Sarnlt .forc., II :.
rldcred apd adl1tFcf by ths Court ihst liz s.id W.
ID an inaa,s poraou,
Tho patient is then removed to Jacksonville,
< per1lsal Of the nppopdel statis,tca win aatisfv
tho reader aud thinker that
s1rp1cAr, go1zHor
las not reached a point boyoud material i'm
nrOY0uDnt. It will he Snon that among thu
cauneB Of insanity enumerated not losa than
iinot7-elgl,t woro recorded az "unkpown.H i
against but uiuoty-two uknown" In nil of fhe
cases tried, gix good mon and tr11e. carafniiv
cmnanelol' ant in tho inry box. aTnn0 thafn1
q respectable physcian' as required by law.
Yot tIcro aro to-day niuety.eigit residents Of
Cook County who arc dragging ont their pitiablo
exisIenco behind tho pocMfo bars and Iooks al thc
lunntio asylumH Of Jacksonyilo. E]rin, or Jafrar.
son, and nobody can giyo a renson. RelNtiyos
and friends crioyo oyor tho painful Thought hut
will ~ dnw0 ~ +hnir f,neI roat 1riir6,1t ovar
Knowing low the beautiful sun Of renson want
dow f6ravor nn1 how tha lI,.;n,- d;.1 - "G ~
their deatll ot,t
THE CAUSES OF INSANITY.
norona a faw ;anlntad couoa In fa11o,v;,o Il;
,;t ~ III tho ,.,"na G1a ed1oo su 20
!ss ~ ~ tio caoses: ol1ao eAc!teuent, III
Jury 70 uoa4, .; puerperal mania, D; felgtoua
excitement, 4; dospondoncy, l; epilepsy, & !;
idiooy, l; puorperal fover, q; trouble from loss
of children. /: oyer.onxiotv. 1 pnn1arial infu-