Retreat at Vanves, near Paris, for the reception and recovery of ladies and gentlemen afflicted with disorders of the mind : under the immediate direction of Drs. Voisin et Falret.

  • Bureaud-Riofrey, A.-M. (Antoine-Martin), 1803-
Date:
[1841?]
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Credit: Retreat at Vanves, near Paris, for the reception and recovery of ladies and gentlemen afflicted with disorders of the mind : under the immediate direction of Drs. Voisin et Falret. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RETREAT AT VANVES, NEAR PARIS, FOR THE RECEPTION AID RECOVERY OF LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AFFLICTED WITH DISORDERS OF THE MIND, Under the immediate direction of Drs. Voisin* et Falret,f Members of the Royal Mediccd Academy, and Physicians for the Insane at the Hospitals of the Salpetriere and Bicetre, in Paris, --- There can be no doubt as to the very great benefit of isolation in the treatment of the insane ; by isolation is not meant that a patient should be kept in confinement, have no communication with his fellow creatures, and not enjoy the advantages of society, of exercise in the open air, and every sort of comfort that man can and should to a certain degree procure for himself; but by isolation in the treatment of the the insane, is meant that it is desirable to make a total change in their mode of life, and that they should be removed from scenes which may have caused, or continue to cause, the disorder of the affective and intellectual faculties. Scientific treatment requires, in isolating the insane, that the usual ha¬ bitation of the patient should be changed, in order to remove from the disordered mind the excitement occasioned by the as¬ sociations of ideas and recollections continually awakened. To all these advantages must be added kind yet firm treat¬ ment, instead of the blind indulgence of relations, which * Des causes morales et physiques des maladies mentales et de quelques affections nerveuses, telles que Vhysteric, Par D*. Voisin, D.M. P. Application de la physiologie du cerveau d V etude des enfans qui necessitent une education speciale, par F. Voisin. De Vhomme, par F. Voisin. t De Vhypocondrie et du Suicide, par J. P. Falret, D. M. P. Statistique des Suicides, par J. P. Falret. De la legislation relative aux alienes. J. P. Falret.