Note 85 — Chapter V · Some Lessons of the War.

Concerning this sentence the British Medical Journal wrote, on Nov. 29th, 1914, “A more severe indictment of the existing system than is contained in this report it would be difficult to frame.... We can add nothing to this strongly worded condemnation except an expression of agreement with the opinion that the statement of the facts submitted demands the earnest attention of public authorities and all interested in the welfare of the insane.”