A treatise on nervous derangements and mental disorders : based upon Th. J. Rückert's Clinical experience in homoeopathy / by John C. Peters.

  • Peters, John C. (John Charles), 1819-1893.
Date:
1854
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Credit: A treatise on nervous derangements and mental disorders : based upon Th. J. Rückert's Clinical experience in homoeopathy / by John C. Peters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    45 cases caused by political events; 9 fanatacism; 32 « jealousy; 16 anger; 17 wounded self-love ; 13 excessive study; 2 ': misanthropy; 12 * disappointed ambition. In 730 cases from physical causes : 255 were caused by hereditary tendency; 70 apoplexy: 64 progress of age; 16 convulsions of mother during preg- nancy ; 13 epilepsy; 16 sun-stroke; 16 falls and blows upon the head; 25 fevers; 38 u critical period of life; 74 '•' menstrual disorder; 73 puerperal disorder; 9 syphilis; 32 mercury; 28 intestinal worms. In 482 cases of Melancholy : 110 cases arose from hereditary predisposition : 60 domestic trouble; 48 reverses of fortune ; 42 disappointed affection: 40 change of life; 35 puerperal state; 30 libertinism; 25 suppressisn of menses; 19 abuse of liquor; 19 fright; 18 anger; 12 ': wounded self-love; 10 falls upon the head;