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10 his astonishment as il doubtls.s v;lI ~
} tothas Of eli who bear i,-A,h3s ins; y,.asl
whose condi,ioa haa s Ions 49,, r., IN.
! lie above The orusea---a5 = III sor seyersl4
years had not beer Isard ,5 aneak 49,
openad bic Lis forstha tirst titneI IL ~.
4 Ing ostefanceto sxnessinns oil tfaiilud lc
his God ~ merejes conisSred Ind Sb.ieFA
vent p1caticn tqr i Continuance ofAis
oiessiDgsV
'Aos135 las hesiI iaeain i III tee 4 .eaFss
a9d was anongs. th& lirst patiets Il t.ehn 81 1.
) .etedShis ins3fintlon. Her Is siaEfs rsS5lls
90 ifovF disappoinsed love- which s13.
gethM with The fslt that.she Y IL vcnna.
handsomes respectable. andto.arahIy.veIii
advocated, gave ron ance talAef a giic.ian.
hieh rendered heF at all lines a. Il NJ.
ess'ng saiiefet Those who visited eur
asylum q ~ infancy will doubtless 1ecolk !
W. = young tsmales whose slender ana
emsclaled iEanre. pensiye eye. .piainlfvb
i mosn, and lncessanirepetilion Or the nams
Y oIhim she bad loved must have attracted
Fthelr attention and aroused their smpas I
/. ;hles For many years This pobr creature
II seemed Of allethers NEST Mretcbed.. She
neglected her person, destroyed her. clio.
,alngs and disturbed The establishment BY
I PSF cries Of distress aud such indeed was /
Iher conditlon, thai she had 10 b confined
h almost consgsntly 70 her apartment, 81
when permitted 10 Be out, her hands were
necessarily fastened BY wrist bands OF
some other means Of restraint, Aier BEL
ing here IN this state Tor almost eleven /
$50 socceeded some Is OF 40 months
y,al s - .uauo'ng per 70 engage 20 .iri7 \
- ~ ~. r pl5 o'nen's winding yarn, Sc.
- 1nls way she continued 70 devote, by .
persuasion, a portionfof herlin each day
Buutil she became interested in what 40
was doing, ana sought more usefdi occu-
Paaon \ change ID her appearance and
manner was(soon visible her mind see 10 "
eu rapidly>to find refief from thu burthen4I
o. ITS distress and her physical system
| exhloited corresponding 1fmprovement.H
ohe y now extremely cofpulent weigh
los about iS0 pounds is industrious. III
useful. eontehteG aDd happy-=-and is sol
Tree from .fdelpsion, that We thins ii not
improbable she will-atno distant DAY leave
the Institution.
&c y surelysneedIess 10 add, thattheseA
"a similar cases which have qccerfed; II
iIidpee Us to place slabor.ana employ.
meni Is FIRST among The moral means,
'or the relief or cure. Of insanity Nor,
WIN such results befoTe us, can we ever
oesPalr> OF rendering The Lnnatic, what
eye the duration otshis malsdy, at least
useful and baPPy-even should We tail ID 4.
restoring him toreason. .t HI
Those patients unable Of unaccS sto,as8 1oosi...
bor4it is the alm4o occupy vii il, inte
an'isic, books, and re aspapers, and ID hgallhr6l
sssEclss y he arsr al.4ssss..
nonr.i;h,.. t'
400 weu seter;ad ,,1,Is's I. ealp1e 'ilan
drawn rnon ~ sa,'as.a'as = tfquenuy H
lYoolss arc reag n.:sh 49,: oiasss me
/, - ~ a'Aehiton, and often s
oara ~ f.gAs' ii auu " si@sys Wstf taken II
Ike similar ;ast;n,1fo,- 81 o,i' e, : q F
i "a ras 5.,'se''oAs y o'neF states. h
donafions from lie n1ibF;.bprs IN tsti.,;an.-.
or political periodicalsIabd ne wtna5srs
"a deficiency we are a;snoseti II re.s
would nel ey,st a.. HI 81 go = 1uli"a
imagine The avfaitv and aaIi,M ,a;,t,
which such productionsEare usually so,oh,
after and petused. WIZ cannot tHinL ~,
there is less Of the milk-of hnnbn FIND.
ness fervading the breasts II Viroinia
editors, or that they afe less abba n dis.
play commendable 4eharity, when d.
Jects deemed worthy may be presented, If
man lbe same valuable and libArallelass
have proved Themselves in o,hefs Sc ctions
Of the Union and VIZ mus: think that
1oe neglect 70 which vie here alfpde, has
resulted solely from thR fact thaEtheir at
ienuon has never been attracted 10 the Il
susJees.
IN regard to Restraint. tba pe5ott 1t 81.
The great ain is TO control Ehe patients tahet bv
moral than physical means by show I'LL an ipte.
resi- 10 them and gaining ,htlir confidence ana RI
fiction i is rarely lie sase thai these means \
fail Of their objecl; ard Whep pbvsEeaI means i
are Necessary, long sleeves. ri,tensl apd wrIst.
bands, are most generally Fssor,ed to.T
The Doctor aeai, ,,,os. III 4.1.a..,I.c.r,t.a..
Tor, he pront;a,v ~ $500
periods. in the institution. h Herega,ds f, i ar
he utmost importance 10 He con,eDlnent "a
ha plness Of mani of .he ihDa,ss. IlaA.sl,;'.,-
eaeh sab6aih aiietnoon durIug tbe pa1 90 ~
tNN faiA peal euu