On the State of Lunacy and the Legal Provision for the Insane
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ON THE STATE OF LUNACY AND THE LEGAL PROVISION FOR THE INSANE, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND ORGANIZATION OF ASYLUMS.
BY JOHN T. ARLIDGE, M.B., A.B. (Lond.), LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; ASSOCIATE OF KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON; PHYSICIAN TO THE WEST OF LONDON HOSPITAL; FORMERLY MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL, AND PHYSICIAN TO THE SURREY DISPENSARY, ETC.
LONDON: JOHN CHURCHILL, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 1859.
PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION OF LUNACY, WHOSE LONG-CONTINUED AND UNTIRING EFFORTS IN BEHALF OF THE INSANE HAVE EARNED FOR HIM THE HIGHEST ESTEEM AND ADMIRATION OF ALL WHO FEEL INTERESTED IN THE WELFARE OF THAT CLASS OF THE AFFLICTED, THIS TREATISE IS, BY PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY HIS LORDSHIP’S MOST OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, THE AUTHOR.