Rules for the government of the Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital or Asylum, situated in the township of Stockport Etchells, in the county of Chester / [approved by H.A. Bruce].

  • Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Rules for the government of the Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital or Asylum, situated in the township of Stockport Etchells, in the county of Chester / [approved by H.A. Bruce]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to enter the female wards, nor any female to enter the male wards, except in cases where the Resident Medical Super¬ intendent shall deem it advisable. 56. The utmost attention and care shall be exercised in the classification of patients according to their habits and different degrees of mental aberration, and to promote cheerfulness and recovery by suitable occupation and exercise in the open air whenever practicable. 57. One room on the male side, and one room on the female side, shall be appropriated as a sick ward. 58. Bibles and prayer books shall be provided for the various rooms of the Hospital; also a library for the use of the patients, containing such publications of a cheerful and instructive character as may be determined upon by the Committee, in concurrence with the Resident Medical Superintendent. In the public rooms accommodation and provision shall be made for reading and other amusements, to which the patients shall be encouraged to resort. 59. The airing grounds and gardens shall be open to the patients daily, and every patient whose state may admit of it shall be encouraged to pass some part of each day in the open air. 60. One attendant, provided with a light, or the means of immediately procuring one, shall sleep in or adjoining every dormitory, and each patient shall occupy a separate bed. 61. Such patients shall be allowed to go beyond the Hospital enclosures for exercise as the Resident Superin¬ tendent shall from time to time direct. 62. It is impressed as a principle on all the Attendants employed in this establishment, that nothing is to be done by force that can be effected by patient and kind treatment; that personal restraint, unless absolutely necessary to the safety of the patient or of others, is always to be avoided, and that it is the duty of every one employed in the Hos¬ pital to endeavour to make it as much as possible a comfort-