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                                                                                                                STATEMENT

                                    SHOWING ÆTIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND ASSOCIATED
                                                                                    LUNATIC ASYLUM, LAHORE,

Ætiological Factors and Associated Conditions.

PREDISPOSING CAUSES.

Males.

Females.

Total.

A. Heredity —

1. Insane ... ... ... ...

8

8

16

2. Epileptic ... ... ... ...

...

6

6

3. Neurotic ... ... ... ...

...

...

...

4. Marked eccentricity ... ... ...

...

...

...

5. Alcoholism ... ... ... ...

...

...

...

B. Mental instability, as revealed by—

1. Moral deficiency ... ... ...

...

...

...

2. Congenital mental defect ... ... ...

16

...

16

3. Eccentricity ... ... ... ...

..

...

...

4. Previous attack ... ... ... ...

34

11

45

C. Deprivation of special senses—

1. Smell or taste ... ... ... ...

...

...

...

2. Hearing ... ... ... ...

...

...

...

3. Sight ... ... ... ...

...

...

...

D. Critical periods—

1. Puberty and adolescence ... ... ...

...

...

...

2. Climacteric ... ... ... ...

...

...

...

3. Senility ... ... ... ...

...

1

1

E. Child bearing—

1. Preguancy ... ... ... ...

..

...

...

2. Puerperal ... ... ... ...

...

...

...

3. Lactation ... ... ... ...

...

1

1

F. Mental stress—

1. Sudden ... ... ... ...

...

...

...

2. Prolonged ... ... ... ...

...

...

...

G. Diseases due to disorders of nutrition or metabolism—

1. Malnutrition (in early life) ... ... ...

...

...

...

2. Privation and starvation ... ... ...

...

...

...

3. Over-exertion (physical) ... ... ...

...

...

...

4. Sexual excess ... ... ... ...

...

...

...

Carried over ...

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