Novel reading … uterine derangement … gathering in the head … political excitement …
An absolutely amazing list of reasons why patients were admitted to a US lunatic asylum in 19th century.
This has been circulating in the Intertubes for some years but is just too good not to share!
Using this as a set of criteria how many of us would not have been put away?
What’s ‘deranged masturbation’? Missing entirely?
I was hoping the combined brains of Augustus Sly and Ijaz might be able to enlighten me upon this point.
Glad I can keep on munching that snuff for another year before the white coats come a-calling.
(‘Salvation Army’ ?!?)