A treatise on insanity and other disorders affecting the mind.Statistics of insanity.

Abstract

In Chapter X, Prichard addresses the statistics of insanity. Statistics are provided for the history of inanity in Britain (Section I), of France (Section II), and of other countries (Section III). Section III provides general observations and specific information about lunatics in Belgium, Holland, Prussia, Norway, the United States, Italy, the South of Europe, and barbarous countries. Original language by J. C. Prichard, 1835. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)