Report respecting the lunatic asylum of Edinburgh for 1813.

  • Royal Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1814?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report respecting the lunatic asylum of Edinburgh for 1813. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    has been expended on the purchase of ground, and on the buildings already erected. It is com- puted, that about L, 5000 more will be necessary for finishing, and furnishing in a proper manner, the buildings already begun. But after that is done, the Managers confidently hope, that the Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum, like those excellent institutions of a similar nature at York, Manches- ter, Liverpool, and other places in England, will be able, by the board allowed for Patients, to support itself. Subscriptions are received, and receipts granted, by Alexander Bonar, Esq. at the Banking- House of Messrs Ramsays, Bonars and Co. Royal Exchange ; and Subscription-papers are in the hands of many different Gentlemen, who, from motives of humanity, have been prompted to inte- rest themselves for an Establishment generally al- lowed to be very much wanted in Edinburgh. LIST
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