CAUSES OF INSANITY
is called “worry.” Fifty had a previous attack, and in 59 cases the cause is unknown. One (a man) was confined through “adversity.” and another (a woman), on account of “disappointment.” One male and two females succumbed to “love trou bios.” One poor woman’s illness is ascribed to prostrated melancholia, and another woman was claimed by neuralgia. ; In one case (a man) overwork was the, cause, and three men and thre.2 women were the victims of overstudy. -Two cases (males) were ascribed to religion, and in the case of one female seduction was the cause, while nine men fell victims to solitary life. "**
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2159, 15 August 1907, Page 2
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