A letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Shaftesbury etc. etc. etc. on the laws which regulate private lunatic asylums : with a comparative view of the process 'de lunatico inquirendo' in England and the law of 'interdiction' in France : to which are added a few observations on the causes of insanity and improvement in its treatment during the last twenty-five years / by Edward J. Seymour.

  • Seymour, Edward J. (Edward James), 1796-1866.
Date:
1859
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Credit: A letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Shaftesbury etc. etc. etc. on the laws which regulate private lunatic asylums : with a comparative view of the process 'de lunatico inquirendo' in England and the law of 'interdiction' in France : to which are added a few observations on the causes of insanity and improvement in its treatment during the last twenty-five years / by Edward J. Seymour. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    TO THE EIGHT HONOURA.BLE THE EAEL OF SHAFTESBURY. My Lord, In addressing the following observations to yonr Lord- ship, I well know you will receive them with that kindness which distinguishes your conduct when any- thing is written intended to benefit mankind in reference to the many calamities which affect them. No one has dedicated his time, labour, and energy as your Lordship has done in favour of the unhappy persons whose welfare, recovery, or treatment is the object of the following observations. The subject of the laws relating to lunatics, the seclusion which is often necessary, or the rules which regulate the proofs of the malady under which they labour, are known to very few, and by that few scarcely understood. It is, then, the principal object of the following pages to explain the laws, compare them with those of a neighbouring kingdom, and suggest considerations to amend the difficulties under which