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TABLE XXIV. MISCELLANEOUS MENTAL ANO NERVOUS 

 DISORDERS— HEREDITY 



Tuberculosis in parents • 8 



Syphilis in parents •••• 8 



Tuberculosis in relatives 6 



Insanity in parents • • 5 



Insanity in brothers or sisters 4 



Feeble-mindedness in brothers or sisters. 4 



Nervous disorders in relatives 4 



Alcoholism in parents 4 



Nervous disorders in parents 3 



Epilepsy in relatives 2 



Tuberculosis in brothers or sisters. 2 



Nervous disorders in brothers or sisters 1 



Feeble-mindedness in parents 1 



Insanity in relatives 1 



Suicidal father 1 



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Social work among tlipe patients is not only more necessary 

 than among almost any other group, but its fruits are more 

 clearly seen and i)ointer^out. There is opportunity for preventive 

 measures in watching younger members of families known 

 to be unstable, secur'^g for them medical advice and care, aiding 

 them in finding sui^^le employment, educating them along lines 

 of mental hygiene There is after-care to be given those recently 

 discharged from 'hospitals or institutions. Only by the strictest 

 supervision of ^^ome and industrial life and education of the 

 entire family ^ ^^^^ ^'■^^'^ of these patients can they be kept from 

 becoming "rpeaters". Enactment of laws committing incurables 

 to institute for life, and proper supervision and care for those 

 in the er^^^^^^i^J suffering from temporary mental disorders 

 make fe social control of these diseases and aid in stamping 

 them (A- Fortunately, the problem of the insane has been 

 worke out better than some of the other social problems, but 

 ther is yet much to be learned and no one should be content 

 wit' the present accomplishments. 



