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INSANITY, PAST AND PBESENT. 393
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tender deception and , till so fond at length " Poor , it dear is even you whispered see it is axnong of no use those our onc going e so
, , to visit her , our coming only excites her , she must be so happy where she is that it seems a pity to disturb her . " If a private
that famil those y is preferred who have , much the charge the same of a sing system le patient is often not pursued being , com only
pelled office ; to perhaps take out the a poor licence soul , are is , sometimes if possible , violent less , qualified , gives for way the to
dation screams , of , or the , worse food , still and , imp comp lores lains to of be the taken nursing away , . of the This accommo is incon-
venient among , them a stoj may ) must , from be put indiscretion to the visits in choosing of prying topics relatives of conversa . One
to tion all , reall and y alike excite leads the patient to isolation , —this and is abandonment made the plea . for Consider objecting for
a moment , the horrors of such a situation , —one delicately nurtured , refined in manners as in mind , with intellect warped but not
to destroyed associate , subj with ect those to delusions inferior yet to conscious her by birth of existence and education —comp , elled cut
h goaded off er from ; the to all better violence occupation feelings by the , of left the harshness our to consolations brood nature and over , affection i of gnorance imag reli ined and ion of wrongs domestic those lected around or love else the ,
bli name ghted of and Him destroyed at whose ; feet the raging maniac g , " neg whom no ; man could bindsat , clothed and in his right mind , " never mentioned ;
the sweet , remembrances of home never cherished ; the hope of returning control ;—who to that can home wonder never at the made end— an confirmed inducement and incurable for
selfinsanit It is y much . easier to find fault with others than with ourselves , so
the we chicanery willing grasping of ly , throw the sordid law the , character the blame jealousies of of this those of sad the who state medical have of the things profession care upon of these , and the to
unfortunate persons ; forgetting that if we individually acted up the of _iis hig profess h standard , much of of disinterestedness the suffering that and we devotion see around which us so would many
be Heturning mitigated . again to official statements , we would indicate the
course often pursued in reference to lunatics of independent means . After what has been said , no one will persist in believing * that 4 , 831 all that
cases come represent under the the cognisance wealthy of lunatics the Commissioners of England ; in yet Lunacy such are , scattered
politan as they and are among provincial county licensed and houses boroug . h There asylums are , hosp several itals , ways metro of
privately disposing of insane friends without incurring the publicity of may vate nervous nur asy be sing patient lum seen them . , . emanating Dail at Yet y home in many the from or may Times of parties sending express and othe who them surprise r papers profess to when a advertisements to public receive they or learn pri one
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Insanity, Past And Pbesent. 393
INSANITY , PAST AND PBESENT . 393
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1861, page 393, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021861/page/33/
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