The first report of the directors of the Dundee Asylum for lunatics : from 1st April 1820, to 31st May 1821.

  • Dundee Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1821
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Credit: The first report of the directors of the Dundee Asylum for lunatics : from 1st April 1820, to 31st May 1821. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sible; and when the paroxysm that has rendered restraint ne¬ cessary subsides, it is immediately withdrawn. Indeed, re¬ straint, even in cases of violent paroxysm, is often superseded by those personal attentions on the part of the Keepers—who, with a quick discernment, the fruit of experience, can often an¬ ticipate outrage, and counteract its force before it is thoroughly evolved. Certain discipline, indeed, without harshness, is in general sufficient to overawe the more violent; and habit con¬ firms the fortunate association which produces tranquillity: and this, aided by the powers of nature, and other subsidiary means, often leads to a happy issue. The most scrupulous attention has been uniformly paid to cleanliness in every respect, so as to challenge the most minute inspection ; to the proper selection of food, and the regularity of meals; with that variety in the diet called for by particular exigencies, or by the rules of the House: while, excepting in cases of sickness, happily very rare, all the patients have re¬ gularly enjoyed the benefit of fresh air and exercise in the se¬ veral airing grounds. The Directors would press on their constituents the high importance of adhering strictly and pertinaciously to that ex¬ cellent rule, which forbids impertinent curiosity, and limits the inspection of the patients to the Visitors and the Physi¬ cian, who have alone this sacred duty to perform.
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