Report on insanity and idiocy in Massachusetts / by the Commission on Lunacy under resolve of the Legislature of 1854.

  • Massachusetts. Commission on Lunacy.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Report on insanity and idiocy in Massachusetts / by the Commission on Lunacy under resolve of the Legislature of 1854. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To His Excellency Henry J. Gardner, Governor, and the Honorable the Council of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts :— The undersigned, the Commissioners appointed under the Resolve of the Legislature of 1854, “ concerning the Insane in this Commonwealth, and the State Lunatic Hospital of Worcester,” respectfully REPORT. The Resolves by which their commission was created re- quired of them,— 1. “ To ascertain the number and condition of the insane in the State, distinguishing as accurately as may be between the insane, properly so considered, and the idiotic or non compos; between the furious and the harmless, curable and incurable, and between the native and the foreigner, and the number of each who are State paupers.” 2. “ To examine into the present condition of the Hospitals of the State for the insane, and see what number of patients can properly, with due regard to their comfort and improve- ment, be accommodated in said Hospitals.” 3. “ To see what further accommodations, if any, are needed for the relief and care of the insane.” 2
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