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    South Australia - Health

    Insanity

    Also see:
    Adelaide - Asylums, Reformatories and Homes - Lunatic Asylums
    Place Names - Parkside - The Asylum.

    "Punishment for Lunacy" is discussed in the SA Gazette & Mining Journal,
    12 December 1850, page 2d.

    "Treatment of Lunatics" in the Observer,
    7 April 1855, page 5c-e,
    Register on
    4 and 6 March 1856, pages 2c-3d and 3c,
    16, 19, 22 and 29 January 1861, pages 2g, 2c-e, 2h and 3a,
    Observer,
    5 November 1864, page 6c.

    "Lunacy" is in the Observer,
    20 November 1858, page 6f,
    "Treatment of Lunatics" on
    3 and 10 September 1859, pages 6d and 1d (supp.).

    "Statistics of Insanity" is in the Register,
    17 October 1859, page 3b; also see
    Observer,
    24 September 1859, page 6f,
    22 October 1859, page 3c.

    "Lunacy Laws" is in the Observer,
    2 July 1864, page 6b
    "The Lunatic Asylum" on
    9 and 16 July 1864, pages 6d and 6b.

    "The Government as Lunatic Keepers" is in the Register,
    12 July 1865, page 2c.

    "Increase of Lunacy" is in the Register,
    28 February 1867, page 2f,
    Observer,
    2 March 1867, page 6e,
    "Statistics of Insanity" on
    20 June 1868, page 2d,
    18 December 1875, page 3a,
    "The Local Law of Lunacy" on
    16 September 1876, page 18b,
    "The Lunatic Asylum" on
    19 May 1877, page 18c.

    "The Adelaide Hospital for the Insane", by an eye-witness, is in the Observer,
    14 December 1878, page 18c.

    "The Lunacy Returns for 1879" is in the Register,
    20 February 1880, page 4e.

    "Maltreatment of the Insane" is in the Observer,
    2 July 1881, page 25a,
    "Treatment of the Insane" on
    18 May 1895, page 34d.

    "Lunacy Returns for 1881" is in the Register,
    10 March 1882, page 4f.

    "The Lunacy Commission" is in the Register,
    30 July 1884, pages 4e-7e,
    5 June 1885, page 7a.

    "The Treatment of Lunacy" is in the Register,
    24 June 1885, page 4h.

    "Lunatic Asylums in 1886" is in the Register,
    18 March 1887, page 4g.

    "The Lunacy Report" is in the Register,
    3 May 1889, page 4g,
    1 May 1891, page 4g.

    "The Care of Imbecile Children" is in the Register,
    21 March 1892, page 7c,
    "Our Imbecile Children' on
    27 February 1894, page 5h.

    The question "Is Insanity Increasing?" is traversed in the Advertiser,
    7 October 1895, page 4h,
    17 April 1896, page 4f,
    6 November 1899, page 4d,
    8 June 1907, page 8e,
    "Our Insane" on
    23 June 1899, page 4g,
    "Is Insanity Incurable" on
    11 June 1901, page 4d,
    "How the Insane are Treated" on
    21 January 1904, page 4h.

    "An Enquiry in Lunacy" is in the Register,
    5 December 1895, page 4g.

    "South Australian Lunatics" is in the Register,
    24 June 1898, page 3d,
    Observer,
    2 July 1898, page 14a.

    "Our Insane Asylums" is in the Register,
    28 June 1901, pages 3a-4d,
    "Lunacy Statistics" on
    31 July 1903, page 6e.

    "Something About Lunatics - How They are Dealt With" is in the Advertiser on
    11 June 1903, page 7a,
    "The Growth of Insanity" on
    7 February 1905, page 4c,
    "The Official Insane" on
    15 August 1906, page 8e.

    "Lunacy in SA" is in the Register,
    8 July 1904, page 4d-g.

    "The Mentally Weak" is in the Register,
    16 June 1905, page 4f.

    "The Insane" is in the Register,
    10 August 1906, page 4c.

    "Murder and Insanity" is in the Advertiser,
    5 October 1906, page 4d,
    "The Insanity Problem" on
    23 March 1907, page 8e,
    "The Insane" on
    28 June 1912, page 8d,
    "The Mentally Inflicted" on
    30 October 1912, page 14e.

    "The Study of Insanity" is in the Register,
    4 May 1907, page 7g.

    "The Lunacy Commission" is in the Observer,
    29 May 1909, page 42a.
    "Lunacy Reform" is in the Observer,
    4 September 1909, page 33d.

    "Insanity" is in the Register,
    28 June 1912, page 6d-f.

    "Insanity and Modern Life" is in the Register,
    23 October 1912, page 12d,
    "Surgical Treatment for Insanity" on
    2 November 1912, page 14d.

    "Mental Defectives - Position in This State" is in the Observer,
    29 March 1913, page 40e.

    "Mental Deficiency" is in the Register,
    1 August 1913, page 6c.

    "Mental Disorders" is in the Register,
    3 July 1914, page 6c,
    "Mental Defectives" in the Advertiser,
    23 March 1913, page 18e,
    Register,
    23 January 1915, page 8c,
    15 September 1916, page 9e.

    "The Weak-Minded" is in the Register,
    24 November 1920, page 6e.

    "Mental Defectives" is in the Advertiser,
    16 and 27 December 1929, pages 18g and 8d.

    "Caring for Mental Defectives After Discharge" is in The News,
    22 October 1936, page 5a,
    "Making Life Easier for the Mentally Sick" on
    24 October 1936, page 4d.

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