[Humour] A list of reаsons for аdmission to a lunatic asylum in the 1800s

[papajaff]

The condition you have, or are interested in is called "auto asphyxiation" whereby the afflictee will try and strangle himself with stockings whilst having a tangerine soaked in amyl nitrate in his gob. Self abuse of this nature can result in a powerful orgasm but, sometimes, death.

Impressive.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

What der f**k is Dropsy.
Low bollox perhaps.

It is the limping you get when your ankles puff up due to oedema caused by heart failure. When Withering first tried digoxin on a heart failure patient he reported a massive micturition followed by a flushing (pinkness of the face, not emptying of the bog of the micturate) and a dissipation of the dropsy.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

The condition you have, or are interested in is called "auto asphyxiation" whereby the afflictee will try and strangle himself with stockings whilst having a tangerine soaked in amyl nitrate in his gob. Self abuse of this nature can result in a powerful orgasm but, sometimes, death.

Wasn't an MP found a few years ago in such a corpus delicti (albeit I think he went for lime rather than tangerine)?

 

[DavidRyder]

'Seduction & disappointment'....is that the reason for 'fakers', to save the husband's freedom?