Thirty-fourth annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted, in terms of their charter, to a general meeting of the directors, 19th June, 1854 with the report of the medical officers.

  • Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Thirty-fourth annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted, in terms of their charter, to a general meeting of the directors, 19th June, 1854 with the report of the medical officers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT BY THE DIRECTORS OF THE DUNDEE ROYAL LUNATIC ASYLUM, TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL COURT, 19th JUNE, 1854. It must be satisfactory to their constituents and the public to be informed, as it is to the Directors of the Asylum to report, that at the close of the thirty-fourth year of its existence, its affairs continue in a prosperous condition. During the year there has been no remarkable change in its history. The same kind treatment of the patients has been followed ; the same remedial measures have been applied ; and in consequence, by the Divine blessing, a considerable number of them have been restored to the use of reason, while the remainder have enjoyed as much comfort and freedom from restraint as are compatible with their afflicted state of mind. At the date of the last Report there were 201 patients remaining in the Asylum; there have been 41 admissions since—making the' total number of patients during the year