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and secure his confidence, that . promise CO.
be exacted from him Of an effort, at least TO
ercise self control, and he be thus released fr
the cords which confined him. He met my ga
tation, however, as demon-responded to q
appeals with threats and mprecatiCns---avow
hlmselfa destroying messenger, and sworo tina
should be his first victim. No argument or pc
snasion could induce him 90 consent that he Won
:, even suspend his destructive operations Tor
time; and hence the safety Of all concerned. rel
dered 1t indispensable that he should not be n
leased. His brain was evidently in that morris
a condition, before alluded to, which placed hin
! beyond the influence of moral medns--aDd as II
the case just cited. resorted forthwith to medica
remedies, and with the same gratifying results
! In few days he became SO calm, that he mani
tested Il willingness to hear at least what was
addressed TO h,n, and in some degree seemed to
appreciate the interest which it had been my OBJ
lect to exhibit in his behalf The medicines con-
inucd and my visits repeated daily, soon enabled
me to remove the straps from his limbs without
uahger toany thing ensnng--ln two weeks from
the date OF his admission, he was permitted, I'M
der il pledge of good behaviour, to leave his room
ana promenade the passage. In one month there
! after he was freed from all restraint--passPd in
and out OF the building at pleasure, and was gem
eraiiy occupied about the grounds of the institu-
lion. without even the supervision of AN atten-
Ian', IN useful labor; and in four and half months
| from the date OF his admission he was discharged
as cured. Such WAS his gratitude for the kind
ness which he received during his stay at the asy
un--such his attachment to and confidence in
Its officers, and such the sympathy which his own
suuerngs had induced him TO feel for those SINH
Early afflicted, that after an absence of several
months, during which he employed in set
uing up his business i'll the county of his former
residence, he returned here and solicited employ
hent as an a.tendant--and he is now in the daily
ana hourly exercise OF that attention, kindness
ana humanity, towards others which he had found
SO grateful and soothing in his own experience.
he has the care and responsibility OF guarding,
protecting. employing and amusing class of fiji
teen patients, all of whom devo cd TO him.
instead, therefore, Of being miserable lunatic,
and tax upon the Commonwealth for life, as he
most Pro5"6iy would have been, had he remained
much longer in the Jail from whence he came 10
us, he is now conten,ed and happy in his new vo-
cation, earning for himself an honorable liveli-
hood, aid rendering most valuable service TO de-
serving, though afflicted portion Of his fellow
men,"
mo. Slo is young woman, IN the 18th year
OF her age, who, although poor and uneducated,
has been virtuously and genteely raised. She
was brought 10 us on the 2lst day of last Octo-
Der, with her hands tied behind her, and her back
most sha'neiu!iy aceraied by The whip of brute
In human form, To whose k,nd guardianship and
Prote' ton she had been confded, for the journey,
by the law Of the land For several days after
her arrival here, she continued in state Of I'M
interrupted Phren2y-insomuch, that when her
hands were not confined, they were employed
mostly In tearing her clothes, pulling out her
HAIR by the handiull-or in pucking out her toe
nalls by The roots.--She seemed indeed to he cai-
lous to violence Of any character degree infict
ed upon her person. Although unmarried and in
the absence OF the slightest ground on which Il
suspicion could rest preudicia to her virtle, she
conceived the singular delusion that she
pregnant-that the ioctus stood out with its feet
planted on the os-pubs, and that with outstretch-
ed arms and grasping hands, it was striving to
lay hold upon her heart and suppress lis pusa-
uons. ller screams were often most terrific, and
her countenance indicated but too plainly, tho
horrId apprehension and wretchedness which
such iact, ceai! i hays really existed, would
the two cases above cited, her brain Of course
In that condition, which precluded all hope of
benefit from appeals, pledges, circumstances or
commands. and hence, as in those instances, mcdi-
cines had first to be resorted to- before she could
he rendered susceptible to moral Impressions
These remedies were, however, used with tho
best effect, and this poor girl, although still here's
is herself again. She is now cheerful, content,d,
industrious and useful, and will in short tine
return, TO gladden. the hearts of her OM parents,
who, when they parted with her scarcely more
than two months since, doubtless cast d long and
lingering look upon her, as if in all probability,
1t should be their last"
Next in the system are Moral MEANS These
says the Report, alone necessary in many
cases for the alienation or removal Of insanity,
and particularly will! those whose disease may
Law DtCoiic cHIOHW. MS term, IN It's DTOau
sense, comprchends every thing not Medical
which may be brought to bear, either directly or
indirectly on the thoughts, feelings, passions, and
propensitics of the human mind and heart. The
most prominent items in the system are Classf-
cation (by which something of ccngeniaIity is
securedio the several desert pticns of patients iii
their associations &c.) Occupation, Amusement,
Restraint, and Religious Services. These are spo-
ken of at some length under their respective
heads. The advantages Of occupation and
else are highly cc1:ncn,el In the Report. No
class Of patients seem so coEtented and happy,
and none improve so rapidly those who are
engaged at labor, or come useful employment
| Comparatively few Of those who are supported at
State expense were wholly unemployed during
the past year. The object has been TO give q
| useful direction to their energies, and hence (re-
marks the reporO it has been the custom to indi-
! cate their employment. "But whenever it hap
pens that the individual is opposed to cur selec-
ton, If we fail TO present motives sufficient to re-
move his opposition, yield condition that
! he will not be dle--the great object being to pro-
mote his physical health by exercise in the open
air. and to divert his thoughts from the topics of
| haliucinalon, by engaging his attention in what
may he found for his hands TO do" The males
have been employed in cultivatng the farm and