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A STUDY OF HEREDITY IN INSANITY 



CHART LIV. M. M. CASE NO. 6290. 



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1. " High-tempered." 



2. " Higli-tenipered," alcoholic. 



3. " Bad temper," moderately alcoholic. 



4. Very alcoholic. 



5. Dementia praecox, catatonic, in State hospital. 



6. Very alcoholic. 



CHART LV. F. B. CASE NO. 6874. 



1. " Worrier." 



2. Nervous temperament, fidgety, depressed spells, was in sanitarium. 



3. Nervous breakdown, " hysterical " a few years ago, recovered. 



4. Child has nervous temperament, doctor says " should be kept outdoors." 



5. Nervous temperament, worries, at times pessimistic, considered queer though bright. 



6. Nervous temperament, worries. 



7. Insane, depressed, " religious mania," in State hospital four months, recovered. 



8. Insane, in State hospital about six years, onset after birth of sixth child; imagines ihe 



is a detective and has immense treasures. 



9. Dementia praecox, paranoid, in State hospital. 



CHART LVI. G. G. CASE NO. 6880. 



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T. Easily excited, bad temper, very alcoholic. 



2. Very bad temper, whipped his children brutally. 



3. Eccentric, odd crank, lived all alone. 



4. Nervous temperament, easily frightened, insane at 



menopause, f-oromittfd suicide. 



5. Two daughters have melancholy spells. 



6. Son committed .suiride. 



7. Insane twice, " religious mania." 



8. Convulsions during teething. 



9. Suffered from asthma; died at age of 38 in an acci- 



dent: son died in convulsions. 



10. Died in convulsions in infancy. 



U. Bad tantrums, bad temper; two children had convul- 

 sions, one was fidgety. 



12. Bad temper; one son had convulsions in infancy, «' 



other is fidgety. 



13. Very stubborn. 



14. Pecpliar temper. 



15. Very alcoholic, very bad temper. 



16. 29 years old, " easy going," weighs 300 pounds. 



17. Stuttered, nervous. 



18. Very easily excited, quick-tempered, " nags repot 



edly." 



19. Nervous, gets confused easily; when pregnant imag- 



ined things; has melancholy spells. 



20. 15 years old. 



21. Dementia praecox, hebephrenic. 



22. Eight years old. 



