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    The first annual report on madhouses, made in the year 1816 : ordered by the House of Commons to be printed April 26 1816 ... / Made by the noblemen and gentlemen, who were appointed by the House of Commons, as a Select Committee, to enquire and consider of provision being made for the better regulation of public and private madhouses in England ... Consisting of important minutes of evidence ... including two letters.

    Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee on Mad-Houses in England. | Date: 1816
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    Observations on the memoranda in the margin of the draft of an Act, entitled "An Act for the better management and regulation of houses for the insane" : addressed to the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy / by M. Allen, M.D.

    Allen, Matthew, -1845. | Date: 1831
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