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6 insanity; its cause and cure.
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very great ; Ms arms confined with , wrist-locks , his legs with legv under pulse move locks , . scarcel confinement and On the liberating y perceptible strapp in this ings him , he and so was for ti feet ght four very dark that days feeble red he and and could , unable ni cold hts neither , to . having stand In turn Omag , been with nor ht
Asy described lum , . too , " they It is found a wooden way a bed bed in in use th . e for sides refractory and g there patients is an thus iron
cover which goes over both , rails ; it is sufficientl , y high to allow a patient to turn and twist , but he cannot get up ; the bars are from
twelve to fourteen inches above his head . I ? The wild-beast-cage treatment system , however of the , insane remains is onl now y in humane rare ve and stiges tender like this thoug ; the h , not general more
, humane and tender than Is necessary and wise . Every physical agent for the renovation of health is secured to them by the
enli says ghtenment Dr . Forbes of the Winslow age . , " Great who thoug and _- awfal htlessly is -weaken th . eir responsibilit th . e confidence y , "
of the public in the efficacy of the physical curative agents in the treatment of insanity . " " I was told" said a lady" that medicine
,, was of no avail in th . e affections of the mind . I went to the clergyman for assistance , but could obtain none . I have struggled for
weeks heroically against tlie disposition to suicide , with the prayerbook in one hand and the open razor in the other . Five times have
I felt its keen edge at my throat , but a voice within me suddenly commanded me to drop the murderous instrument ; and yet at other
times the same voice urged me despairingly on to self-destruction .. I knew I was ill , seriously ill , bodily ill ; yet no one pointed out to
to me put th . e myself right remed into the y for hands my of horrible the physician impulse . " , or Such recommended was the stat me e
of a patient who voluntarily subjected herself to medical treatment , and is evidence Comparing was happ in il the y recent restored food reports supp to health lied to show in . workhouses that the asy and lums asylums are , incom there
parably the best dieted ; in the workhouses the ordinary diet table is of course arranged in such a way as to hold out no inducement
to a pauper to remain in the workhouse . In the county asylum , there being no motive of that kindand it being thought necessary
, for the benefit of the patients to give them a good diet , they liave provided substantial , and nutritious food . The same
report especiall recommends of the female a variet sand y of also dress that , at a the better choice descri of ption the patients of dress ,
should be y provided for , Sundays to encourage the healthy feeling of self-respect . The consolations of religion too are offered to their
minds . In Hanwell there is a little church of communicants . The last report of the Irish Commissioners recommends " That the
appointment of chaplains should be compulsory on the governors of district lumsand that arrangements should be made for
the due asy celebration , of relig proper ious worship thereim At the same time , "
says the report , " as the ministrations of the chaplain have a ne ~
6 Insanity; Its Cause And Cure.
6 insanity ; its cause and cure .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091859/page/6/
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