Fifth report of the directors of the Dundee Lunatic Asylum, for the year ending 31st May 1825.

  • Dundee Lunatic Asylum
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[1825?]
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Credit: Fifth report of the directors of the Dundee Lunatic Asylum, for the year ending 31st May 1825. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    limbs and a palpitating heart, binding the hands or re-- straining the violence of a beloved and revered parent; and if the unhappy sufferer has not always been restored to the full possession of his mental powers ; quietness now reigns in those abodes which he had disturbed with violence, and peace now dwells in those breasts that he had agitated with sorrow. And if the Asylum still presents to the eye of the observer a spectacle which must melt the heart of pity; it has given ease to many a breast that felt the bur¬ den of grief, and afforded comparative relief to many abodes that were filled with lamentation; and the means that are now using for the recovery of numbers that have lately been admitted into the house, and the favourable symptoms that appear in most of the cases—hold out a prospect which in some measure dispels the gloom which must ever, more or less, rest on such a scene. The annexed Tables, will explain more clearly than' words can do, the state of the institution with respect to its funds, and will exhibit in one view many interesting, particulars respecting the patients during the last year; and .while the facts stated in the medical department afford a flattering picture of this Asylum, a satisfactory proof of its utility and success; they likewise clearly demonstrate, that, in very many instances, this disease, in its early stages,, yields to skilful treatment. And while the Directors are en¬ couraged themselves to persevere in their exertions, with a confidence grounded on experience, they would urge their neighbours and countrymen to watch the first symptoms of mental aberration in any of their relations, and to avail themselves without delay of the benefit of this, or some si¬ milar institution. And whilst the Directors deeply sym¬ pathize with their fellow men, who have relatives subjected to this heaviest of all earthly afflictions, they feel more
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