Reason for Admission to Lunatic Asylum: Masturbation for 30 Years

In this list from the 1864–1889 admission criteria from the still-in-business-in-a-ghost-tour-sense Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, other reasons include: “Kicked in the Head by a Horse,” “Imaginary Female Trouble,” “Parents Were Cousins,” “Fever and Loss of Law Suit,” “Egotism,” “Shooting of Daughter,” “Snuff Eating for 2 Years,” and “Bad Whiskey.”