Elinor Nauen

This is from the late 1800s & is from West Virginia’s Hospital for the Insane also known as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Open these days for tours only.

I think these might be contributing factors not causes, & I'm sure it's a complete list, so that every symptom anyone suffered from is on there.

Intemperance & business trouble
Kicked in the head by a horse
Imaginary female trouble
Immoral life
Laziness
Greediness
Jealousy & religion
Egotism
Superstition
The war
Mental excitement
Novel reading
Over action of the mind
Politics
Decoyed into the army
Fighting fire