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Reasons to be admitted to Asylum
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2017/02/20 - 10:56am
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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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2017/02/24 - 1:50pm
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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.

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