REPORTS FROM THE SECTIONS. 349 
The hereditary transmission of insanity is a subject of the 
most profound interest, both from a medical and social stand. 
point, and to a medical superintendent of a hospital for the 
insane it isa duty increasing in interest with each year’s ex- 
— —_ have little or no knowledge of the family history or 
not + 2 England, where the family history of almost every 
Patient can be tr f 
per cent., or 375 out of 1,072 patients admitted 
Dr. Needham, of York, gives 31 per cent., or 
