Excerpt from Causes of Insanity: An Address Delivered Before the Norfolk (Mass.) District Medical Society, May 14th, 1851In forming an opinion of the kinds, frequency and proportion of the several causes of insanity, or of the various conditions out of which this disease or this class of diseases grows, the reports of lunatic hos pitals must be resorted to. Inasmuch as these reports are prepared by medical superintendents, who have the largest field of observation, and many of whein have taken great pains to ascertain and report these causes, they are now the only sources to which We can reasonably look for such facts as will justify any conclusion in this matter: I have therefore consulted the reports of the establishments, public or private, for the cure or the custody of the insane, in various nations. There are l 19 French, 37 Belgian, 2 German, 159 English and Welsh, 8 Scottish, 12 Irish, 1 Canadian, 20 American-358 hospitals or establishments, in all.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.