An enquiry into the present state of visitation, in asylums for the reception of the insane : and into the modes by which such visitation may be improved / by S.W. Nicoll.

  • Nicoll, S. W. (Samuel William)
Date:
1828
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Credit: An enquiry into the present state of visitation, in asylums for the reception of the insane : and into the modes by which such visitation may be improved / by S.W. Nicoll. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    from the Saturday to the Monday? All of them were confined on the Sunday, except some few that we get up ? Have you ever taken up two ? « I am certain I have. Speaking of the washing, he says, warm water was used in cold weather; cold, in hot. A mop was sometimes used : generally, parts of old blankets. Dolby's testimony * very much corresponds with this of Barnard. He thinks four or five were taken up of a Sunday morning f. Sharp says, he attended twelve crib-patients. Were those twelve always confined from Satur- day to Monday, when you were in the establish- ment ? Yes. The same persons? Yes. How did you wash them when they were taken up on the Monday morning ? If they were dirty, we washed them with a mop. With cold water ? With cold water. *' Did you often use the mop ? Yes, very often. Did you ever use hot water ? No, I never used hot water. I went there in November. Did you ever see any used ? (hot water.) I do not re- collect that I did. Did you ever have any flannel given you to wash them with ? No, never. Did you ever confine them for the whole day, on any other day besides Sunday?'' Never, in the cribs. The testimony in favour of cold water, mops,
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