Show insanity and intemperance dishop bishop horne has very pointedly said A goose that sees another goose drink will do the same though it is not thirsty the custom of drinking for company when drink is dispensable and prejudicial seema seems to be a case of tha that earne game kind and to pat put a man feat feathers bers only excepted upon a footing with ft a goobie attention has lately been directed to a report made to a convention of french physicians physician so containing a remarkable array of facts as to the increase cre poe of insanity in france and especially as to the increase of that form of the malady due to excessive indulgence in alcoholic drinks it appears that la in seventeen years insanity increased throughout the country to the extent of 80 per cent 00 50 per of the insane being boing men and 44 per cent women the increase during the p post past ast seventeen beirs years baa has in fact been almost entirely in the branches of alcoholic insanity andrt and ot general paralysis or paresis only a very little advance being noted in mania melancholia and chronic delirium alcohol and overwork are therefore responsible for the greater part of the increase of insanity thus recorded some fifteen years ago the proportion of romeu I 1 among the cases of alcoholic insanity was wa s reported to be one sixth while at present 0 it is one fifth the singular fact is i also mentioned that the number of new nev cases of insanity is greater in the spring the month of may se eining to inaugurate annually an epidemic new york trib one |