An enquiry into the present state of visitation, in asylums for the reception of the insane : and into the modes by which such visitation may be improved / by S.W. Nicoll.

  • Nicoll, S. W. (Samuel William)
Date:
1828
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Credit: An enquiry into the present state of visitation, in asylums for the reception of the insane : and into the modes by which such visitation may be improved / by S.W. Nicoll. 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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    not, in some sense, entitled to the name of friends. Any change in an asylum is acceptable and amus- ing : the sight of strangers, in general, peculiarly so. There are, unquestionably, exceptions; and persons disturbed by the entrance of company, might, for the time, be removed. That great error exists on this point has long been apparent to me, and the source of the error equally apparent. Strangers create some trouble ; but, worse than that, they see too much, and say too much; and before the due admission of strangers, neither cribs, nor chains, nor infirma- ries, could stand their ground. tl