Fourth annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics. 1831.

  • James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics.
Date:
1831
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Credit: Fourth annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics. 1831. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pectoration and emaciation. The two diseases, it is feared, will eventually wear him out. At the time of his discharge he had been sane for nearly two months, and the Hospital being for the reception and treatment of the insane, he was not considered a proper person to be re¬ tained in the Asylum. The Directors have not heard of him since he was discharged. The Directors and Physician would deem it unnecessary to enter farther upon a detail of the peculiarities attending the cure of any of the o- ther patients, during the year which has just elapsed. They may, however, state, that all of them have been treated on the same principles as formerly. They have been allowed the ut¬ most degree of liberty, consistent with their own safety, and no coercive measures have been em¬ ployed, but such as were absolutely necessary: every attention has been paid to their comfort, and no exertion has been wanting to promote their recovery. Mildness forms the most pro¬ minent feature in the management of the Insti¬ tution, and the salutary effects which it has pro¬ duced are exemplified by experience, since it has been highly instrumental, not only in pro¬ moting the comfort, but in securing the recovery of the patients. What has also contributed very much to pro¬ mote the cure of the patients, is a continuance of the admirable system of exercise and employ-