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 CON T E N T S NUMBER I. Pa.;k Art. [. — Brief notice of the Now York Stale Lunatic asylum at Uticii, - I Art. II. — Insanity ; illustrated by Histories of Distinguished .'Men, anil by the writings of Poets, and Novelists, .... 9 Art. III. — Letter from Sir James Mackintosh to Robert Hall, on the re- covery of the latter from his lirst attack of Insanity; - - 1C Art. IV. — Asylums exclusively for the Incurable Insane, - - -Oil Art. V. — Insanity illustrated by cases, and by the conversation and let- ters of the Insane, - 52 Art. VI. — Number of the Insane and Idiotic, with brief Notices of the Lu- natic Asylums in the United States, ... - 78 Miscellaneous. — Ratio of the Insane and Idiotic to the population of dif- ferent countries and cities; Statistics of Insanity in France ; Edu- cation of Idiots and Imbeciles ; Lunatic Asylum, Rouen, France; Hereditary Insanity ; Journal of Insanity, Psychology, <Scc. ; Con- traction of the Foramen Lace-rum in the Insane; Singular result of Insanity; Death of Heiuroth, Recent works of Insanity ; from page 89 to 9b" NO. II. Art. I. — Definition of Insanity — Nature of the Disease, ... 97 Art. II. — On Monomania induced through Imitation. Translated from the French of Marc, by T. R. Bkck. M. D., one of the Malta, gers of the N. Y. State Lunatic A-yluin, - - - UG Art. III. — Fragments of Insanity, by John M. Galt, M. D., Superinten- dent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum, Williaxhsburgb, Va. - - 122 Art. IV. — Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity, by C. B. Coventry, M. D., one of the Managers of tho N. Y. State Lunatic Asylum, I31 Art. V. — Cases of Insanity. Case 1st, Translated from the French of Mi- guel, by PlinyEarle, M. D.. Superintendent of the Blooming. dale Asylum, N. Y. - 145 Case 2d, Long continued insanity, with speechlessness, -I4fl Art. VI. — Notices of Books. — 1st. Report of the Metropolitan Commis- sioners in Lunacy, to the Lord Chancellor, presented to both Houses of Parliament. London, 1814. - - - 155 2d. On Man's power over himself to control or prevent Insani- ty. By Rev. John Barlow, M. A. London, 1643. - 184 Art. VII. — List of Books on Insanity. ...... 186 Miscellaneous. — The Human Brain ; Psychological Medicine: Death of Dr. Halsam ; from page - 191 to 192 NO. HI. Art. I. — The Poetry of Insanity, " By Pliny Karle, M. D., Physi- cian to the Blooiningdale Asylum, N. Y. 193 Art. II. — Statistics of Suicides in the United States. Bv E. K. Hunt, M. D., Hartford, Ct 225