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OBSERVATIONS
ON
INSANITY.
OBSERVATIONS
ON
INSANITY.
WITH
PRACTICAL REMARKS ON THE DISEASE,
AND AN
ACCOUNT OF THE MORBID APPEARANCES ON DISSECTION.
By JOHN HASLAM, LATE OF PEMBROKE-HALL, CAMBRIDGE, MEMBER OF THE CORPORATION OF SURGEONS, AND APOTHECARY TO BETHLEM-HOSPITAL.
“Of the uncertainties of our present state the most dreadful and alarming is the uncertain continuance of reason.” Dr. Johnson’s Rasselas.
London: PRINTED FOR F. AND C. RIVINGTON, NO. 62, ST. PAUL’S CHURCH-YARD; AND SOLD BY J. HATCHARD, NO. 173, PICCADILLY.
1798.
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL THE PRESIDENT, THE WORSHIPFUL THE TREASURER, AND GOVERNORS OF BETHLEM-HOSPITAL.
MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
The following Observations are respectfully submitted to YOUR notice, as the vigilant and humane Guardians of an Institution which performs much good to society, by diminishing the SEVEREST amongst human calamities,
By, My Lords and Gentlemen, Your very obedient and humble Servant, The AUTHOR.