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Feb 20, 2017 3:56 am
I'm researching a list of reasons to be admitted to an asylum in 1864-1889. Currently, I'm looking for the meaning of the term, "Gathering in the Head".
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Feb 24, 2017 6:50 am
One site google finds says that it is "otorrhoea"--fluid discharge from the ear. Google Ngrams finds one occurrence in the 1830s where the source of the discharge was an egg sized abscess inside and perforating the skull.