A Practical Manual of Insanity for the Medical Student and General PractitionerW.B. Saunders, 1902 - 422 pages 2000, Gift of the South Carolina State Hospital. |
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... asylum statistics at Zürich is of service : In a total of 1850 patients , 78.2 % were found hereditarily predisposed , and this heredity was slightly greater ( 6.8 % ) in the females than in the males . The greatest percentage of ...
... asylum statistics at Zürich is of service : In a total of 1850 patients , 78.2 % were found hereditarily predisposed , and this heredity was slightly greater ( 6.8 % ) in the females than in the males . The greatest percentage of ...
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... asylum and compare them with an equal number of individuals of like social position outside its walls , we would probably be struck with the exces- sive proportion of misshapen crania , facial , aural , and other deformities in the one ...
... asylum and compare them with an equal number of individuals of like social position outside its walls , we would probably be struck with the exces- sive proportion of misshapen crania , facial , aural , and other deformities in the one ...
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... asylum inmates , these are , if anything , less noticeable than amongst sexual perverts outside . These special forms will be more fully considered in the special part of this work when treating of certain types of moral and emotional ...
... asylum inmates , these are , if anything , less noticeable than amongst sexual perverts outside . These special forms will be more fully considered in the special part of this work when treating of certain types of moral and emotional ...
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... and the personal equation of the person making the estimate . In former times some asylum super- intendents reported as high as 75 , 80 , 90 , or 100 % of recoveries on admissions . At the present time the tendency 6 TERMINATIONS . 81.
... and the personal equation of the person making the estimate . In former times some asylum super- intendents reported as high as 75 , 80 , 90 , or 100 % of recoveries on admissions . At the present time the tendency 6 TERMINATIONS . 81.
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... asylum inmates have begun as acute cases , but instead of passing to recovery , they have relapsed or fallen into a chronic condition . As a rule , there is a modification of their symptoms from those of the acute stage . They are less ...
... asylum inmates have begun as acute cases , but instead of passing to recovery , they have relapsed or fallen into a chronic condition . As a rule , there is a modification of their symptoms from those of the acute stage . They are less ...
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