Considerations on the moral management of insane persons.

  • Haslam, John, 1764-1844.
Date:
1817
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Credit: Considerations on the moral management of insane persons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tie has been suffered to acquire the indolence of a gentleman, he only returns to society as a rational incumbrance, and calculated to subsist by fraud or mendicity. With persons of a higher condition, there appear to be greater difficulties, but these are readily surmouiited. Let it be recollected, - that if the hand of a gentleman be unaccus- I tomed to labour, he is more the creature of exercise and amusement, his intellect is more cultivated, and he possesses ampler resources of rational delight and harmless gratification. When the violence of his disorder has sub¬ sided, and the passive state has commenced, he is enabled by the possession of property to command a range of mental refreshments and healthy enjoyment, which contribute essenti¬ ally towards his happiness and cure. He can vary the scene by travelling, and thus escape from the objects which excite irritation and