Fiftieth annual report of the directors of the Glasgow Royal Asylum for Lunatics, submitted, in terms of their charter, to general meeting of contributors, 14th January, 1864.

  • Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1864
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Credit: Fiftieth annual report of the directors of the Glasgow Royal Asylum for Lunatics, submitted, in terms of their charter, to general meeting of contributors, 14th January, 1864. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Midland counties in England to the county of Forfar. On his arrival at Edinburgh his memory failed him; he became so confused that he did not know what he was about; and when he got to the station, instead of taking a ticket for the east country, he took one for Glasgow. His conduct was so extraordinary, in the hotel where he lodged, as to attract the particular atten¬ tion of servants and landlord. The police removed him to the central office, and from thence he was conveyed to the Asylum. In the meantime the authorities had found out the address of his father, who, on receiving notice, immediately came to Glasgow and removed his son on the evening of the day on which he was admitted, and before he had undergone any treatment whatever. As before observed, the number of Patients in the East House is continuously increasing. The West House has been well filled during the year, in the male division especially. Some of the galleries for ladies and gentle¬ men, in both divisions of the West House, have been always quite full, and accommodation was often wanted in them when it could not be got. There has also been a greater demand than formerly for suites of apartments for private lady Patients. Some years ago the same want was felt in the gentlemen’s division, to such an extent that the room set apart for the meetings of the Directors had to be fitted up as a parlour for the recep¬ tion of an invalid. The Directors are glad to be able to state that the general health of the inmates has been remarkably good during the whole year. Some time ago, the case of a Polish officer, confined in Gartnavel under the Statute last referred to, was brought before the House of