On some points in the legal provision for the insane : a letter addressed to the Rt. Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, M.P., Secretary of State for the Home Department / by J.T. Arlidge.

  • Arlidge, J. T. (John Thomas), 1822-1899.
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[1859]
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    ON SOME POINTS IN THK A Let ter addressed to theU?. Hon. Spencer II. Walpole, M.P., Secretary of State for the Home Department. Sir,—Every well-wisher for the insane will be highly gratified at the promptitude which Her Majesty’s present Government has shown in its endeavours to remedy the ac- knowledged defects of the present Lunacy Laws, and to see a bill introduced under such favourable auspices by yourself thus early in the Session. Long and special attention, in my professional position as a physician, to the wants of the insane, both within and without asylums, and the study of the systems of treatment and management pursued both in this country and in the chief States of Europe, have led me to certain conclusions, which, with your kind permission, I would endeavour briefly to sketch in this letter, and which, long before I saw the Parliamentary notice of your intention to introduce a bill into the Lower House, I was preparing to publish in a more elaborate form, accompanied by various statistical inquiries. The present position and prospects of the insane, both private patients and paupers, will, I may safely assert, be on B