, 1875-10-30


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e'.''''"a'7' LUG 1eHE'oua houses gave partial
refuge to lnnAtlcs during tho medieval ages;
an1. when the4e were dissolved, bosttas, por,,-
iar'y called bedl.ms were established for thei,
,eca,,;or. Th, rn,,,,o,,ant -, t1,.sa t,..1.,,
.;s." -"o tD4"0eo''e"' ~ tuo'o '1!"''ta'
t.'ae "as eeef:"hcfc most d"ploraoo. owing to
the ignoFauco ani tito cruelty Of keepers aud
lhe .n2ono o. certain hos'ital7-'aa Of B'th'e-
neu' !" Ao"oon -T1t proving aati'cseht 10 cover
tle4f eApehaes the ctson .! exhhituE tho pA-
t.ents like Mild beasts in their deus for tue col,-
slderat,ou Of a su,uil foo ftvunenc,, can,n into
fayor. rn,thcr Il, ;rc,aaso ~, t,,,l, ~ tI,a Az.
t.M;.,..', ...e,s'.e'l.: :'o tN'a' " '"' 's-
sao''ennehs eo'''hloec'l'f patients "ese fEe4uens
II fon. nbout Tue ht1csta labeled With la 1Ses OH
their arnls, to beg from door TO door. They
uerc called "Ton-o'. .Dsdla,ns." mr. /" Ea,,lan,.
1,oyr,,u u.-sra ,,,o .aro H.. .a.,;,,, ~ IT,
13 ~" .eSo >No' 'es''sco d. 'uo
A*ouS ol 1ouHa Puo!lc tuHt could Hul1ef sl1ch
state ef things NAV be readily imagined. Tho
custom of converting lunatics into bcggarB uaa
abolished iu lu7j; but, in other respe,ta thc
u'srFy Of their condition va. scarcely mitiga'ed.
into beng bcforo tlo besnu,us OF tho prrsont
century. Even III these improved iutir,nar!es.
tim tr,nt.neut of n,t,o,ta wan f,- s,uo ti,a
..s.,.., H.. ,,s ~, , 10. "a' ~ 1,'A, '''o
~ o' 'no o.u ana 'sne-noh"sea DsEbafsty'
1he ldea lad 10 long been accepted. that. whom
loason departs frout Its scat iu tle mini it
leaves tho human being a 1nore animal. often.
times moro furious and dangerous thau tho
Wild teaSt 1t WAS hard to exchange It fot
newer and moro ,utogant conceptions. Do
vices Of dlaool,eal nature we're contEisod. eyen
subduo What was considered to bo tue evil demon
raging within tho etca4. OF the insane. Que OF
thess, aeco'e"gto Dr. Wsn'er. "as to entlcs,
suddenly gave way and piuugod them
snto q cIstern OF water, in which they
were half.lrowned and hatf-ffiehtened to death.
Auother was to cham then, II wells, into which
tor,nentud Creatures t. ,hs horror ii watsh!ns
the blo., Buro approach Of what shey supposed 10
10 inevitable death.
III tho uu!ile OF tho last century, cilcu'
| swing waa Muta III favor Ii an anstrume' 4a
d,nclpliue. Io tLls .nonomanacal an 1t ol
ancaoIy patonsa were bound in In mel
POSITION wden the desire was to II .4gi!ndsua
and IN 10 erect position when III Aduce sleep,
| machlnc was enough to dIhtr Il OF this dreaded
| Ind onco suffered lts toFtr act patient who
bv nlle al'enlht ~ -. letit was advised
tl!at ', tue SWING show = .1slc!sa Of Tue da'
fr!gLtt"l nolse' *ith tho accompaniment Of
Whsio Il" !. aug amelia.
ordered ,o,s,Iss. Ks III. "as saaor1as from dis
tfeatr ,. t'sa'set' ne WAS the victim Of atEoclous
for -nht w. tho hauds OF Ds. Warson. wao wa.
1 uhse us e1artstan. lhe insanity OF the
ts L s'Sa,so aah ,a. Itself chiefly IN Incesahat talk.
nltho0t iatermSrIop. Yet hts lnhunee was anna
~ anu he exhibited no tendoncles to violent
enaslof. ~ notwithstanding his ha1mlessness.
~ mAs coHetan1ly kopt in atralt-jackot, was
nd unsId"o .',e from hs s!to and family. and de-
nlea ttae une q a knlfo anu forl. Much OF tho
s.tns no va" ie1t to tho caro- of vicious attent-
ahta anu once, Quo Of these, Gormau pnce
;ay nin;atiy sttaek h'm: When DE. Willis rue
~ .na ~ sao p!aoa OF n' Warrcn the treatment
oI tns h'ng was totally ctlanged. Hs WAS TO-
Nasea ilolh Ill restraint, i razor was Riyon hu,
20 el!aTo with. knlfo aud fork we're allowed I'm,
~ taolc 1nd the Queen and psinccakcs wero
ueainan1 quickly produced bunstlcsnl sGcrt
| UPON tue h1nR'e MAlady. aud III low weeks Ae
recovered ntH health perfectly.
de,ed t'.o 40 ine EGgnl House Of Commons Or
Yott Asylum At tic Bethlehem Hospital. IL IL ito ito
| !astee asysum patients were still exhibited 10
the pab'ac on certain daya OF tho woek for = lssa
hum yuan would procure u aglt Of tho beaata IN
tha Tower MenAgsre. 4 gentleman appointed
BY the Parliamentary Committee 10 visit tho
hospital reported regarding tlls condition OF tho
womens galleries ~ foI!oas: "Oue Of tho
| sloe-rooms contained about ten pasieuss, each
chained by ons arm or leg to the wal. tho ohalt
allowing them ony to staud up by the bench or
form fixed to tho wall. to ut down to Il. Tue
nfaedness OF each nat!ops Was covered by
blankct-9own. ouIy the biankat-gown was q
/ tI&JffEk n 1rA
with nothing to fasteu it 10 front this consi.
tutea the whole covering tho faot wsro oyen