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.
- Date:
- 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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![BOND. Whereas [here insert the name of the lunatic] a lunatic, hath been this clay received as a patient into Bethlem Hospital, established for the reception of luna- tics, on our having jointly and severally agreed to remove and take away the said lunatic in manner hereinafter mentioned : now we do hereby jointly and severally un- dertake, promise, and agree, that we, or one of us, will, within seven days next after we shall be thereto required, by notice in writing, to be signed by the steward for the time being of the said hospital, remove and take away the said lunatic from the said hospital, at our, or one of our costs and charges ; and at the like costs and charges bury such lunatic, in the event of death; and also that we, or one of us, will pay to the said steward the costs and charges of clothing the said lunatic, during the term of such lunatic's continuance in the said hospital. And in case of any default in the premises, we do hereby jointly undertake, promise, and agree to pay to the treasurer of the said hospital for the time being, the sum of one hundred pounds, on demand, together with all costs of suit to be incurred in respect thereof. As witness our hands this ■ day of 18 [Signed by the Bondsmen.] Witness](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21291895_0041.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
