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Show 99 #17 Male . Age 37 Single. '8th grade eduoation Oocupation: farmer Insane relatives: died in the State great-grandfather suicide. Uncle Hospital. Admitting psychosis: dementia. Admitted, June. 1915. Commitment sheet: A marked mental change took place about a year before commitment. Wanders. Irritable, Eats and sleeps well. Defects in moody, disobedient. coorclination, recall,- and inhibition. Cheerful, moody, and careless in dress. Picks face making sores on it. Vacant stare. Overeats at times, and vomits. Careless in dress. Pale, but otherwise in fair physical condi tion. Getting more demented. A probable cause of pyschosis: physical stasis at puberty. Operation: castration, September 1926. M.oti ve for says dence operat.ion: patient therapeutic? A masturbated. of mental former attendant Says patient showed improvement up·to the time no of the tendant's ·leaving the employ of the hospital. evi at |