found this going around the Internet once
Reasons for admitting women into an asylum:
I find a few other points also interesting.
Menstrual deranged?
Over action of the mind?
Tobacco and masturbation?
Bad whiskey?
Excitement as officer?
Time of life?
Might be a fun idea to count how many of them I currently match.
(Also, when I read ‘congestion of brain’ I always imagine something less ‘stroke’ and more ‘constipation inside the head’ for some reason… )
Keina Daria 