Nervous and mental diseases . Fig. 285.—The hip-roofed Fig. 286.—The asymmetrical palate. frequency of the pathological palate among marked degenerates, such asthe insane, idiots, and epileptics, has been testified to by many investi-gators. Thus, Talbot reported 43 per cent, of abnormal palates in1605 inmates in institutions for the feeble-minded. Ireland makesit nearer 50 per cent. Charon, a later writer than these, found abnor- GENERAL ETIOLOGY OF INSANITY. 713 mal palates in 10 per cent, of apparently normal persons, in 82 percent, of idiots and feeble-minded, in 76 per cent, of e
Nervous and mental diseases . Fig. 285.—The hip-roofed Fig. 286.—The asymmetrical palate. frequency of the pathological palate among marked degenerates, such asthe insane, idiots, and epileptics, has been testified to by many investi-gators. Thus, Talbot reported 43 per cent, of abnormal palates in1605 inmates in institutions for the feeble-minded. Ireland makesit nearer 50 per cent. Charon, a later writer than these, found abnor- GENERAL ETIOLOGY OF INSANITY. 713 mal palates in 10 per cent, of apparently normal persons, in 82 percent, of idiots and feeble-minded, in 76 per cent, of epileptics, in 80 percent, of cases of insanity in general, in 70 per cent, of the hystericalinsane, and in 35 per cent, of cases of general paralysis. Nacke hasstudied particularly the torus palatinus in 1449 individuals, normal andpsychopathic; he found it present in per cent, of psychopathicwomen (insane, epileptic, idiot, and criminal), per cent, of epilep-tic women, per cent, of criminal women, per cent, of normalwomen. The percentag
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