The New York herald., 1878-06-17

great exciting effect Of alcohol u the produc.ion oi
insanity among males Out OF 3Sl admssio. curing
the year 2e5 prticnts nempsr l29 moacrhto
drinkers "a alone were abstinent AZ nud ntcmperaie
iathefe, intcmEcrate mothers, and IN cascs po.h
parents were addicted to tho use oi alcohol nerea
tary transmission played an important part IN ~
cases, The family histories OF the disease having oeen
trated. In II patients u was found mat s, re.a.
tive suffered from nervous diseases such as epilepsy
and apopicxy. In "A cases the pnsicnE gave
family history OF phthisis Among males 'hc ocenna
tions rcprcscn were follows:-Lahorcrs. " !
clerks. S7 occupriiou 81 mtchlnisis 20; ni'ors
TO-; lcdiers IL carpeniers 10; drivers y; nasom.,
=; merchants; .; sailors, 81 snoemaNsfs, s,,,osrs
WATERS, 8; bookkecpers. s.; all other occupations
being represented IN the years admissions oy 'oh
10 4 cases.
II has been found at this asylum that general pare
not sensston) whch has only been recognized In the
Insane In tins country durrg me past ihiriy years.
now becoming common. DR.. Macdonald states Ia Ms
report OF 1877
In this country n has gradually extended over an In
ccasng area rapidly increaed In frequency IN local
ale states Il IS now ani.s common while ,hc Western
them na quite nnsnaws So rs tho Statistics
throw light upon the csns"t.n q .hr hsn,s
Are .ssy sSisns SSsaas ass al - ei
gsnd the which ,s insanity ~ ~ vi
and class from which The popuatinno OF TINS psr
specially unia History in the matter Of nsrn
es"1s no,s IN m about
All history Of hnbitna inirmpernnce gwen while sasn
the influences confessed ana npparen,
about third ot the patients, ami consttutohN.
Ayphilis exists in equal number The innurhcrN y.
hereditary taint indcascu by histories o anccs1N
defect Of cases. at least ~ largo MS t"'
found In patients with insanity OF other forms
Relative to the increase OF insanity Dr. Chapn, oil
the Willard Asylum, states that ~ is suncient 20
suggest that in dcusey populated countries there are
cuuses OF physicni, moral aud mental degeneraey W
work among which arc injudcious marriages, socisi
vices and tho Gnc indirect results oil ntenper
nnce witch may DO enumerated as among The most
prolific IN the reduction OF generation prcdisp seu
10 insanity The OF insanity IS an novltaoc,
not accidental result cf our social state Ono oil inc
best European authorizes on insanity says tnat
study OF tho relation between modern life and nsanhy
sh VS. that II is OF m2py sided ana complex cf"rac
Tor: that the rich ana poor, from different causes,
though in somc respects The same cause, LABOR
under large amount OF prcvcnsabo Iunacy,
and that beer, gin, muscular exhausuon,
domestic distress, misery ami anxiety ac-
count largely, not alone Tor the poor who oecomo
Iunatics in adult HE, put nso who, from hereditary
position, are born weuk- minded or actually
diotic that among the middle casscs stress of ousi
ness excessive competition failures, snds In many
cases reckless and ntemperatc LIVING briug on the
attacks 1t liz also vol established Isct that among
the upper classes incorporates 10 n most irnitIut
cause Of mental diseases ana sunder this head must
be com prised lady and gentlemen dipsomaniacs VINO
arc not confined In asyiums." II is also ociicved
that whic over study In youth and excessive mental
labor in after hte have some influence in tho causa-
tion o insanity, yet luxurious hives and unframed
minds havo direct influence on the origin OF mena
disease.