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INSANITY AND MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE. 197
number who had been restrained in this way, than
the facts would have warranted. Some were in cages
and cells, some in irons and chains, and some in jails.
" The report of a Committee in 1836 shews returns
from 161 towns, in 141 of which the whole number
of insane returns was 312. In 20 of the towns
from which returns were received, there were no insane.
The period in which the insanity had existed,
as far as reported, was from two weeks to 60 years, and
gave an average of about 134 years' duration. Taking
the ratio of the population of the towns from which
the returns were received, as compared with the
population of the State, the whole number of the
insane would be nearly 450. There are obvious reasons
why this should be below the actual number.
By inquiries recently made, it appears, that the number
of insane in the county of Cheshire is 50; nearly
two for every thousand inhabitants, which would give
about 500 for the whole State." He proceeds to mention
the various circumstances in which the question of
insanity may come before courts of law and juries;
such as in claims for the support of lunatics; in applications
for the appointment of guardians to lunatics;
in controversies about wills executed by persons
alleged to have been insane; in disputes about contracts
alleged to have been undertaken by the insane;
in questions concerning the guilt or innocence of persons
who are alleged to have been affected by insanity
at the time of committing an offence. He next
gives a description of the disease, in which he recognises
not only intellectual insanity, but also mor-
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/237/?q=%221838%3F%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.