Fifteenth report of the directors of the Dundee Lunatic Asylum, for the year ending 31st May, 1835.

  • Dundee Lunatic Asylum
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[1835?]
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Credit: Fifteenth report of the directors of the Dundee Lunatic Asylum, for the year ending 31st May, 1835. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    late Physician of the Asylum, as exhibited towards its in¬ mates, the Directors have already recorded in their jour¬ nals ; but as such a record is one more of a private than a public nature, they have embraced the opportunity which is now afforded them, of giving a wider circulation to their sentiments, and to their expressions of regret for the loss which they have sustained. It was observed in one of the newspapers* of the place, at the time of Dr Ramsay’s decease, that “ perhaps the most endearing memorial of him, next to the cherished recollection of private life, will be the Dun¬ dee Lunatic Asylum, of which, from its opening, he has been the Physician,—an Institution watched by him with the most anxious solicitude until it has acquired a treasure of celebrity which the most sanguine could not have ven¬ tured to predict.” To the truth of this remark the Di¬ rectors most cordially subscribe, and they would have deemed themselves justly liable to have been thought des¬ titute of every proper feeling had they omitted to testify thus publicly their grateful recollection of the many valu¬ able and important services rendered by Dr Ramsay to the Institution under their care. Deeply and sincerely, however, as the Directors lament the event which has deprived them of such services, it is a great consolation to them to reflect,—and it must be gratifying to the persons, especially to such of them as may reside at a distance, who have relatives or friends in the Asylum, to be informed,—that they have been so fortunate as to supply the vacancy made by Dr Ramsay’s death with a gentleman in every way worthy and qualified to be his successor. Dr Nimmo’s long-established and well-known character, and reputation in his profession, are a sufficient guarantee for the skill and ability with which the duty of the medical department of the Institution will continue to be discharged ; and his kindness of disposition and conciliatory manners are a pledge that the system of * Dundee Guardian, March 3. /
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