A Letter Addressed to the Chairman of the Select Committee of the House of Commons: Appointed to Enquire Into the State of Mad-houses; to which is Subjoined Remarks on the Nature, Causes, and Cure of Mental DerangementChester, 1815 - 100 Seiten |
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... treatment of that direful malady , having been honored with your notice and approbation , I beg leave to give a summary of what I wished to urge upon this important subject , not doubting but that your honorable Committee are all ...
... treatment of that direful malady , having been honored with your notice and approbation , I beg leave to give a summary of what I wished to urge upon this important subject , not doubting but that your honorable Committee are all ...
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... treatment , is equally unquestionable . It is a pre- vailing opinion too , that this national opprobrium is alarmingly upon the increase ; be that as it may , every possible exertion should be made to alleviate its afflictions ; and the ...
... treatment , is equally unquestionable . It is a pre- vailing opinion too , that this national opprobrium is alarmingly upon the increase ; be that as it may , every possible exertion should be made to alleviate its afflictions ; and the ...
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... treatment of the insane , arises in general out of the absolute and uncontrollable power which the relations may exereise over them , and so often are they sacrificed to pride or views of interest , the means of recovery being delayed ...
... treatment of the insane , arises in general out of the absolute and uncontrollable power which the relations may exereise over them , and so often are they sacrificed to pride or views of interest , the means of recovery being delayed ...
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... treatment of the Insane is incon- testably wrong ; it is an outrage to the present state of knowledge , to the best feelings of en- lightened humanity , and to national policy . It is become too a matter of great importance ; for there ...
... treatment of the Insane is incon- testably wrong ; it is an outrage to the present state of knowledge , to the best feelings of en- lightened humanity , and to national policy . It is become too a matter of great importance ; for there ...
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... treatment , there would be fifty Incurables , under the other three Hundred ; and if we take twenty years , as the average term of life for incurable Lunatics , under one treatment , the usual stock of these wretched beings , would be ...
... treatment , there would be fifty Incurables , under the other three Hundred ; and if we take twenty years , as the average term of life for incurable Lunatics , under one treatment , the usual stock of these wretched beings , would be ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admitted afflicted ancient Egypt Anticyra appeared attended BAKEWELL best means Bethlem betwixt bodily disease bowels brought capital punishment cause certainly chance of recovery complaint conceptions of thought convalescence costive curable curative despondency disorder doubt dreadful Epsom Salts excitement expense female frequently friends habit of body increased nervous incurable Lunatics injury instance Jalap Keeper keeping labour lucid intervals Luke's Lunacy maniacal married means of recovery medicine melancholy mental derangement mental disease Methodists mind months dead months recovered recovered months remains moral treatment never opinion P.
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 35 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Seite 35 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt Seraph that adores and burns ; To him no high, no low, no great, no small : He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Seite 36 - My brain I'll prove the female to my soul ; My soul the father: and these two beget A generation of still breeding thoughts...
Seite 12 - ... sacred associations, that it is very difficult to eradicate or remove them. So recently as 1815, Mr. Bakewell mentions the instance of a parent, who insisted that no means of recovery should be used for her son, who was in a state of...
Seite 35 - God breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul," she can explain to her children that this makes the difference between man and the cattle.
Seite 95 - ... his own natural character, viz. that of a bold profligate, with no more religion than the bird that bears his name (Swan.) I wish he had been a Methodist; for in that case I should have hope, that he would some time find grace enough to pay me my charge; but as it is, I have no hopes. I have often asserted...
Seite 94 - At the end of the pamphlet are several interesting, and somewhat instructive cases ; ihe last of which, with his own remarks upon it, we shall lay before our readers. — ' In the early part of a morning, before daylight, I was awoke by a loud knocking at the door ; and upon going to the window, I saw by the light of the moon, a man upon his knees in very loud prayer that the Lord Jesus would scud down his grace upon the master of that house and all his family.
Seite 95 - ... poor father; he left some little property behind him, and we had some very unpleasant disputes; I have, too, drunk hard, and the people said I was going mad; but bless the Lord, they were mistaken, for I was never so well in my life as now. Coming home upon one of the coaches, a voice came to me, and bid me go forth and preach the gospel of the Lord Jesus; I began to pray, and I got off at the village below, and have been praying for the dear souls of the people.
Seite 9 - Large Public Asylums for the Insane, are certainly wrong, upon system ; for nothing can be more calculated to .prevent recovery, from a state of Insanity, than the horrors of a large Mad House, close confinement, and a state of idleness in the company of incurable Lunatics.
Seite 95 - Jesus, break my bonds asunder," accompanied with all the efforts in his power; but these not succeeding, he became calm again for a while. For two days, he was the most part visionary; but using all my efforts to remove his complaint, he seemed quite recovered on the fourth day, and appeared in his own natural character, viz. that of a bold profligate, with no more religion than the bird that bears his name...