The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-14 00:00:00

MAD-HOUSBA,.

TO THE EDITOR OF TifE STAttlNAtti':
read, last night, your. , report 0014'
trill, DID; [KEE v. ELLIOT mod Ormattiku—That
rice
is a very interesting one and of such * sort*
lf interest, that every individual • fuss. mos. or
lot, a party in the discussion.
he evidence of Mr. PA RICIN!CIX is !ft, ffexiwort
Imary, and places him sot la t k
loud o( view ; there is, however,. at 111 shies, au
oiluni attached to every medical man. sap rlogoior
,ploynent of those Massie& I Am to ask
p. who made bill dill .0' • ittiaemi of
that NIZt1.110t114; by whom wet he pointed ;by
whom can he be removed;- and whether be has not
owe, or some interests la the profits of that
;pew or some other of .that
,description in his
scithboerhood ? It is the duty of every medical
Wog Ishvn he is called tca,yisit &Tenon within
one walls, to ascurtain the legality and the ne.
qty of the confineemet. eery person taken
.0, he knows, 4:anent be admitted liut by a certi.
Epic, signed by some ones one of whom must
be tidier a physician, surgeon, or reediest peacti-
' ego, of repititibn. With this detail; Mr. P.
4;fi famifiai. 'Lit sheielifidlni-,464"01110111.
, ens saw certificate ; meek -mit piitialtee a
~iopy of tbeksigstairti to it riellll/14.. 74iote,ssiar
Sdillf4)" .„.111‘411 10kgr!vs.
It there is no seat oertilleavii.rwa • •
: 4... •4 • - ,
souse is punishable.
I highly commend you for the observation with
stich your Paper noticed this infamous treeing.
bpi and I hope you will still afford your assist.
see to s liberal dicussiun ost this lamentably ne.
girded subject.
To the Solicitor of go: would ad.
use ascertaining whether the Certificate for his
Admission was legally signed, end by whom—if
real or forged signatures—whether Mr. P. did
not himself sign the Certificate—who are the'
parties in that House—whether the Keeper theist
and those at Bethnal.green are not the same, se'
that they are enabled to play into each other's
buds, and elude the inquirer after lost persons,
on /arsons decoyed from the basest motives.—
Mw he has sifted this affair minutely, let him
bee the public with the detail of the trial,
famishment, and all the facts illustrative of the
transaction; in the doing of which, he will be'
isokting the public au' essential service. A vci
There is a Society foe the Sappreetion,of
be.: hoe much it would td to their osefalnesrir
they woulsi also take NNW the codas these houses,
sad the conduct of these Mei ke interested. fa
em ; if the,y, or a dlitinet 'rat Of. Meads to the-
cause of humanity, a awls :Opliadtaltastailla
gPoof I wall *id a arisistae
as far acmy abilities Ire
Ulm fallen to my let se beiotneearniftbrt
• metals in respect of Prfrat# Mad. 1111114Atc,
Isbell watch for some fsvoWrefole op 1K of
Wog fir the batteries that istablishmeists- jay for
'r total change of systems, I aot-thelOdlitibila;
'or altogether, so sous as tbe system far 14tIltg,
Bethlem is in email commancedirml mitt*We.
the bills of mortality. If thin t 1 mot.Prae.
• le, that then should be no prude house a1..1
• bat under the eye of a deputation from the'
rs qf St. Luke's send Retkkne Hospitalri.
I believe the vilitan from the College of Physi.'
s have hitherto done . leo services. The listen.
lion is well—but it is completely defeated. Is
reasonable that physicians in any degree of plc.
• cam be expected toed iiratuitously upon such
painful duty—Wit bs expecting too much from
so situated, The real services that are ex.
• are defeated ;—buf, on this particular point,
all address you more in detail it loan future

I us, Sir,
Your humble servant,
N. E. N. S.