The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-31

corresponding day az 1SsS = requires TO
mathematician 70 discover the fact that
this shows ar Increase OF :. efs persons who
have Joined the lansrv contingent ScFre
OF our great doctors argue that the IL
crease II recoysriss Il due 20 the fact that
more Of Tire insane ars placed under the
control OF the medical profession than
was formerly the case. but that l. culy
matter q theory FOR no one ever viii know
the correct number az lunatcs thar are
treated IN their own homes or the homes
OF their friends.
r. Is in Nay that the majority OF persons
81 mad. II NAV seem strange that one
.~o-sh should create apparently such a
fearful amount Of mental disorder oui the
far.s demonstrate IL beyond controversy.
pessaes Nav. March. April. June and july
inns so far as statistics OF Occurrences
can make them So
II - also in the spring that the young
mans fancy lightly turns 20 taoughts OK
love ard vet the same statistics men
ts,,es show that the proportion q young
wnr1en who are driven mad oy cupid
wfles in the spring is far Sreater than ne
number OF young male lanaties- prom.
rent physician. when asked the cause OF
.hts stated ths, in his Judgment Il was
because the mental organization o. woman
was much. more delicate than that 81 man.
md therefore a shock OF a mental manure
A. the season of the year when Gapsa -
srYnv,as~si 70 be in the zenith OF his power
Is arainitsiy more likely 70 he productive
Of m results to the female than the maze.
II Is interesting 20 note the great part
that love PLAYS In the creation OF INSANITY.
To thoroughly appreciate il, II must oe
understood that half OF the cases which
annear ON the insanity records as due 70
various causes are really the result az love
This 90 what medical men say and experts
as 10 the causes which drive people MAJ.
Marriage. which Is the natural result or
love. unaues.ionably helps the growth OF
the insane record. II Is 2 Tact that the
number of insane married men proportion
ateiy exceeds that Of insane single men oy
AZ least one-thfrd. During the ave years
from 1891 70 1895 inclusive asa married men
with suicidal propensssias we're treated.
while during the same time there under
went treatment rs bachelors and ~ wild
overs Turning TO the ether sex the rec
ords show us during the same period the
married women treated numbered LIZ. the
spinsters ass. and the widows $50.
These figures are necessarily convincing.
and they are hard 70 explain. One OF the
very best known physicians in discussing
the matter the other day said. 'It simply
upsets the theory thai marriage renders
people long-live6 and less prone TO mental
disturbance. I find no solution OF the prob
lem. except that afforded by the divorce
courts The number OF divorces has In
creased In even greater proportion than
the number Of cases Of insanity. | sincere
ly believe that the marriage covenant is
so lightly considered nowadays that people
hastily assume all obligations II implies
and when II Is too late. realize what they
have really done.
''Of course II does not follow that all
marriages are by any means like the sort
referred 70. but I think almost any person
who has studied the problem as closely as
7 have viii tell you the same thing. II
people didn't plunge into the sea Of matri-
mony with no more thought than they do
when they take a dip In the ocean. I be-
lieve We should soon see a reduction in
the percentage OF the insane
An interesting feature OF this question Is
the causes OF insanity In general and how
these causes operate In members OF the
two sexes. Here are some instances, in
which the sex percentage is given: