Total abolition of personal restraint in the treatment of the insane : a lecture on the management of lunatic asylums and the treatment of the insane, delivered at the Mechanics' Institution, Lincoln, on the 21st of June, 1838 : with statistical tables, illustrative of the complete practicability of the system advocated in the lecture / by Robert Gardiner Hill.

  • Hill, Robert Gardiner, 1811-1878.
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[1839]
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Credit: Total abolition of personal restraint in the treatment of the insane : a lecture on the management of lunatic asylums and the treatment of the insane, delivered at the Mechanics' Institution, Lincoln, on the 21st of June, 1838 : with statistical tables, illustrative of the complete practicability of the system advocated in the lecture / by Robert Gardiner Hill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    WeeH?/ Beturn of the State of the Patients. From June 27 to July 4, 1836. 1 M. 1 F. 1 Totals Number of Patients in the House ... . • 1 51 1 25 76 First Rank • 1 4 1 1 5 Second Rank • 1 ^ 1 3 8 Third Rank 1 42 1 21 63 Maintained by their Friends .. 1 18 1 7 25 Maintained by the Public . 1 33 1 18 51 Less than 1 year since the 1st attack • 1 7 1 5 12 More than 1 year since the 1st attack . 1 44 1 20 64 Not expected to recover .. 1 44 1 18 1 62 Expected to recover •• 1 7 7 1 14 Convalescent .. 1 1 1 1 2 Employed .. 1 18 10 1 28t Attended Chapel on Sunday .. 1 35 11 1 46 Cases of Idiotcy .. 1 2 0 1 2 Cases of Epilepsy .. 1 5 1 1 6 Cases of Paralysis .. 1 0 1 1 1 Cases of Imbecility ..| 10 5 1 15 Insensible to calls of nature .. 1 5 4 1 9 Refuse food .. 1 0 1 1 1 Dangerous to themselves .. 1 8 6 1 14 Dangerous to others at present ... . .. I 8 1 7 1 15 Dangerous to others occasionally ... . .. 1 17 10 1 27 Disposed to destroy Clothing, &c .. 1 13 7 1 20 In a Noisy Room .. 1 0 0 1 0 Under any Day Restraint .. 1 0 0 1 0 Under any Night Restraint .. 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 Under Surgical Treatment •• i J 0 1 1 Died ..| 0 1 0 1 0 3 : ^ : ^ '• ^ o if a o l-S ^> CO <u 1 o to OS eo c o 3 O ■A to n o -S o Q, 3 90 ^ •3