Sketches in Bedlam, or, Characteristic traits of insanity as displayed in the cases of one hundred and forty patients of both sexes, now, or recently, confined in New Bethlem including Margaret Nicholson, James Hatfield, Patrick Walsh, Bannister Truelock and many other extraordinary maniacs who have been transferred from Old Bethlem : to the above are added a succinct history of the establishment, its rules, regulations, forms of admission, treatment of patients, & c. & c. / by a constant observer.
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- 1823
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Credit: Sketches in Bedlam, or, Characteristic traits of insanity as displayed in the cases of one hundred and forty patients of both sexes, now, or recently, confined in New Bethlem including Margaret Nicholson, James Hatfield, Patrick Walsh, Bannister Truelock and many other extraordinary maniacs who have been transferred from Old Bethlem : to the above are added a succinct history of the establishment, its rules, regulations, forms of admission, treatment of patients, & c. & c. / by a constant observer. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![5. Lunatics in a state of idiotcy, atllicletl with palsy, or with epileptic or convulsive fits. 6. Lunatics having the venereal disease or the itch. 7. Those who are so weakened by age or by disease as to require the attendance of a nurse, or to threaten the speedy dissolution of life, or who are so lame as to require the assistance of a crutch. Certificate to he signed hy the Minister and Parish Officers, and also by some Relation or Friend of the Lunatic. We, whose names are hereunder subscribed, the mi- nister and churchwardens or overseers of the parish of , in the county of , and , of the pa- rish of , in the county of , the [here in- sert the degree of relationship, if any], of , in whose behalf the present petition is presented, having carefully read over the above seven regulations, do hereby certify, to the best of our knowledge and be- lief, that the said , who has resided in this parish for or upwards, now last past, is a lunatic and has [here insert whether the lunatic has or has not received parochial support] received alms from such parish, is not in any of the states or conditions above-named, but is in every respect a proper object for Bethlem Hospital. Witness our bands, this day of 182 . Minister. Overseers. c 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21291895_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
