Reply to the statements contained in a pamphlet and letter by Dr. Oliver, Carlisle, on the expediency of erecting a public asylum for the insane, belonging to the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland / [Jonathan E. Wilkinson].

  • Wilkinson, Jonathan E.
Date:
1842
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Credit: Reply to the statements contained in a pamphlet and letter by Dr. Oliver, Carlisle, on the expediency of erecting a public asylum for the insane, belonging to the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland / [Jonathan E. Wilkinson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    clean and in very good order. Mr. Wilkinson, since our last visit has completed one Department, forming one wing of the very extensive alterations and additions to his Asy¬ lum, mentioned in previous minutes. Twenty-two addi¬ tional bed-rooms, three additional sitting-rooms, and one additional airing ground have been completed. “ Mr. Wilkinson contemplates other two additional wings, each of which will be as extensive as that which is finished, and when the whole is completed it will enable Mr. Wilkinson to make a perfect classification of his Patients, an object, we think, of great importance. 44 Mr. Wilkinson purposes to apply at the ensuing Ses¬ sions for an addition of twenty-one to his present number, which will make his whole number ninety. We think his means of accommodation fully equal to that number, and that his application may be granted. 44 Signed, 44 J. W. WILLIAMSON, 44 HUMBLE LAMB, 44 DARNELL BULMAN, M. D.” 44 W'hickham, September 12th, 1842. 44 Sir, 44 You have requested my opinion of your reply to cer¬ tain remarks in a Pamphlet referring to the Lunatic Asylums of this county. 44 Without entering upon the relative merits of county or private Asylums, I must say that the severe observations in that writing do not apply to the Asylums in this neigh-