Ninth annual report of the directors and physician of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics. 1836.

  • James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics.
Date:
1836
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Credit: Ninth annual report of the directors and physician of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics. 1836. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Of late years, the Directors have had occasion to lament that suitable arrangements were not made in the Asylum to accommodate a class of patients whose maladies are of such a nature as to render it advisable to keep them apart, viz. Epileptics and Idiots ; and, while it must be confessed that doubts were entertained how far this fell within the intention of Mr. Murray, the testator, they felt satisfied that the Institution could never be deemed complete until such accommo¬ dation was provided. Happily, this inconvenience has now been removed, by the erection of an extensive addition to the building, sufficient for the reception of patients of this description, who are unfortunately now very numerous. By this new erection, the Asylum has been rendered complete in every depart¬ ment. In consequence of the increase in the number of patients, arising from the extension of the building, the Directors have deemed it advisable to secure the assistance of a respectable and skilful Surgeon, to reside in the Asylum. This arrangement the Directors deemed absolutely necessary, from the new description of patients who are now accommodated in the building.