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She had been a very hard worker and was in need of a vacation or 

 change of employment. A disappointing love affair added to her 

 troubles and perhaps was the inciting cause of her psychosis. 



Traumatic cases, usually developing after some slight injury 

 or accident, present symptoms of hj^steria or of neurasthenia. 

 Usually such cases show no improvement until the payment of 

 damages or compensation. Factory owners and railroad officials 

 have learned that it is cheaper to settle promptly than to pay for 

 extended hospital and doctor's care. 



Carl B. was jerked over a machine and strained his back in 

 an accident in the factory where he was employed. His injury, 

 tho painful, was not serious. However, he developed neurasthenia 

 and believed that he would never again be able to work. After 

 the payment of one thousand dollars damages, his improvement 

 was steady and he returned to the factory to work. 



Because of the difficulty in securing information from this 

 group, the study of their heredity (Table XX) is very incomplete. 



TABLE XX. PSYCHOSES NOT TRUE INSANITY— HEREDITY 



Nervous disorders in parents 3 



Nervous disorders in brothers or sisters 3 



Alcoholism in parents 2 



Tuberculosis in brothers or sisters 2 



Insanity in sister 1 



Insanity in relatives , 1 



Nervous disorders in relatives 1 



Total 13 



The third group of the insane, those who have miscellaneous 

 mental and nervous disorders, is comprised of 89 individuals 

 (Table XXI). 



TABLE XXI. MISCELLANEOUS MENTAL AND NERVOUS 

 DISORDERS— CLASSIFICATION BY AGE AND SEX 



0\"ER UNDER 



SIXTEEN SIXTEEN TOTAL 



Males 19 15 34 



Females 41 14 55 



Total 60 29 89 



In this group there are 2 negro males and 2 negro females; 

 3 foreign-born females ; all of the rest are white Americans. Of 

 the foreign-born, 1 is Austrian, 1 German Jewish, and 1 Irish. 

 Only 38, 28 females and 10 males, are married. The records show 



