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male. Of the foreign-born 2 are Russian Jews and 1 is Greek. 

 All of the others are white Americans. 



TABLE XVII. PSYCHOSES NOT TRUE INSANITY- 

 CLASSIFICATION BY AGE AND SEX 



OVER UNDER 

 SIXTEEN SIXTEEN TOTAL 



Males 11 . . 11 



Females 30 1 31 



Total 41 1 42 



Of these 42 persons, 32 are married (Table XVIII). The rec- 

 ords show 42 children, 1 of whom is illegitimate. Most of these 

 children are still very young and their mental condition has not 

 been ascertained. However, one record shows a mother whose 

 hysteria followed the death of her small child by accidental poison- 

 ing ; later, a daughter of this patient was a witness to a shooting 

 incident in which a man was killed, and developed hysteria. 



TABLE XVIII. PSYCHOSES NOT TRUE INSANITY- 

 CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO CIVIL STATE 





MARRIED 



SINGLE 



TOTAL 





9 



2 



11 



Females 



23 



18 



31 



Total 



32 



20 



42 



As a rule institutional care is neither necessary nor advisable 

 for these patients. As has been mentioned before, a return to 

 work, common-sense handling, and a healthy environment furnish 

 the quickest cure. However, where there is a bad physical condi- 

 tion and great exhaustion, hospital care and a return to physical 

 vigor are necessary before a change of mental attitude can be 

 expected. None of the persons used for this study has had insti- 

 tutional care. 



Of this group, 23 are city residents, the other 19 living in 

 towns or in the country. Since the mental disturbance arises from 

 causes within the individual, external factors being of only sec- 

 ondary importance, the place of residence must not be stressed 

 too greatly. City life naturally brings about more nervous strain 

 and fatigue, and for the persons of nervous instability is less 

 desirable than the more quiet suburban life. However, the person 

 of normal, strong nerves is not apt to develop a psychosis even 

 under the greatest strains of urban life, while the person of an 



