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bulletin n. c. state board of health. 59 TABLE Condition of Animala Number of Mat-ings. Alcoholic male by normal female........................ Normal male by alcoholic female........................ Alcoholic male by alcoholic female______________________ Summary..................... Normal male by normal female—control_______________ No Result or Early Abortion 10 25 Still-Born Litters Number of Still-Born Young 6 14 Living Litters 5; I 3 1 ' 9 : 9 i Young Dying Soon After Birth Surviving Young 5 2 0 7 17 —Scientific Temperance Journal. ALCOHOL AND THE MENTALLY DEAD. By Joseph Wigglesworth, M.D., F.R.C.P., M.R.C.S. I recently submitted to a careful analysis all the cases of alcoholic insanity admitted into Hainhill Asylum during a period of eleven years —1891 to 1901 inclusive. These were worked out. Each individual case was carefully reviewed, and in doubtful cases, even if drink was said to be the cause, that was not put down. I was anxious to get at the thing exactly, without any exaggeration. During this period 4,261 persons were admitted, and in no less than 1,249 of these there was clear evidence that the insanity was due wholly or in part to the toxic effects of alcohol. These figures give a percentage of drink cases on the whole number of cases admitted of 29.28. Of course in many of these cases the alcohol merely renders actual defect potentially existent in the organism, but it is not by any means always so, for alcohol is quite capable of inducing insanity in persons who show no hereditary tendency thereto. In 688 of the above total of drink cases—16.14 per cent—alcohol was the only cause that could be ascertained for the patient's insanity whereas in the remaining 560 cases—13.14 per cent—other factors, such as heredity, assisted to bring about the result. No person has been counted more than once. These figures give some slight idea of the frightful havoc wrought by alcohol on the nervous system. There is reason to believe also, from the great frequency with which a history of gross parental intemperance is found in the antecedents of persons who become insane, that a habit of excessive drinking tends in some cases to a poisoning of the germ cells of the parent by means of the alcohol circulating in the blood and a consequent tendency on the part of these germ cells to develop into an organism with an unstable or badly developed brain. This may probably result even if the sperm cclls of the father alone are affected.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-03: Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [1886-1913] |
Document Title | Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [1886-1913] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Published: 1886-1913. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Wilmington, N.C. : Secretary of the Board, 1886-1913. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1912-1913 |
Identifier | NCHH-03-027 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 27 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Document Title | Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [1886-1913] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Published: 1886-1913. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Wilmington, N.C. : Secretary of the Board, 1886-1913. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1912-1913 |
Identifier | NCHH-03-027-0377 |
Form General | Periodicals |
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Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 27 |
Issue Number | 11 |
Page Number | 59 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | bulletin n. c. state board of health. 59 TABLE Condition of Animala Number of Mat-ings. Alcoholic male by normal female........................ Normal male by alcoholic female........................ Alcoholic male by alcoholic female______________________ Summary..................... Normal male by normal female—control_______________ No Result or Early Abortion 10 25 Still-Born Litters Number of Still-Born Young 6 14 Living Litters 5; I 3 1 ' 9 : 9 i Young Dying Soon After Birth Surviving Young 5 2 0 7 17 —Scientific Temperance Journal. ALCOHOL AND THE MENTALLY DEAD. By Joseph Wigglesworth, M.D., F.R.C.P., M.R.C.S. I recently submitted to a careful analysis all the cases of alcoholic insanity admitted into Hainhill Asylum during a period of eleven years —1891 to 1901 inclusive. These were worked out. Each individual case was carefully reviewed, and in doubtful cases, even if drink was said to be the cause, that was not put down. I was anxious to get at the thing exactly, without any exaggeration. During this period 4,261 persons were admitted, and in no less than 1,249 of these there was clear evidence that the insanity was due wholly or in part to the toxic effects of alcohol. These figures give a percentage of drink cases on the whole number of cases admitted of 29.28. Of course in many of these cases the alcohol merely renders actual defect potentially existent in the organism, but it is not by any means always so, for alcohol is quite capable of inducing insanity in persons who show no hereditary tendency thereto. In 688 of the above total of drink cases—16.14 per cent—alcohol was the only cause that could be ascertained for the patient's insanity whereas in the remaining 560 cases—13.14 per cent—other factors, such as heredity, assisted to bring about the result. No person has been counted more than once. These figures give some slight idea of the frightful havoc wrought by alcohol on the nervous system. There is reason to believe also, from the great frequency with which a history of gross parental intemperance is found in the antecedents of persons who become insane, that a habit of excessive drinking tends in some cases to a poisoning of the germ cells of the parent by means of the alcohol circulating in the blood and a consequent tendency on the part of these germ cells to develop into an organism with an unstable or badly developed brain. This may probably result even if the sperm cclls of the father alone are affected. |
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Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-03/nchh-03-027.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-03 |
Article Title | Alcohol and the Mentally Dead |
Article Author | Wigglesworth, Joseph |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-03-027 |
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