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A concise history of the entire abolition of mechanical restraint in the treatment of the insane ; and of the introduction, success, and final triumph of the nonrestraint system: together with a reprint of a lecture delivered on the subject in the year 1838; and appendices, containing an account of the controversies and claims connected therewith / By Robert Gardiner Hill.
- Hill, Robert Gardiner, 1811-1878.
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- 1857
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Publication/Creation
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1857.
Physical description
viii, [9]-318 pages, [1] page ; 23 cm
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Notes
"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": p. 125-175
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Languages
- English
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Location of original
This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.