A concise history of the entire abolition of mechanical restraint in the treatment of the insane ; and of the introduction, success, and final triumph of the nonrestraint system: together with a reprint of a lecture delivered on the subject in the year 1838; and appendices, containing an account of the controversies and claims connected therewith / By Robert Gardiner Hill.

  • Hill, Robert Gardiner, 1811-1878.
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A concise history of the entire abolition of mechanical restraint in the treatment of the insane ; and of the introduction, success, and final triumph of the nonrestraint system: together with a reprint of a lecture delivered on the subject in the year 1838; and appendices, containing an account of the controversies and claims connected therewith / By Robert Gardiner Hill. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1857.

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viii pages, [9]-318 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm

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"Total abolition of personal restraint in the treatment of the insane. A lecture on the management of lunatic asylums, and the treatment of the insane; delivered at the Mechanics' Institution, Lincoln, on the 21st of June, 1838": p. 125-175

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