Excerpt from The Law of Insanity, and Hospitals for the Insane in Massachusetts IN legislating for the Insane and Insane Institutions, it is necessary to hold in view the precise character and con dition of the classes and persons for whom the law is to be made, and also the kind and objects of the provisions which are to be created for, and offered to them. The law, when written, should be so carefully adapted to the conditions, circumstances and wants of the classes and persons for whom it is established, it should so clearly and completely describe them, that by no imperfection of description, in principles or in detail, should any, who ought to enjoy the provisions made, be deprived of their advantages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Report on Insanity and Idiocy in Massachusetts: By the Commission on Lunacy, Under Resolve of the Legislature of 1854 Edgartown Jail, State Prison, Provincetown Jail, Counties that have and have not provided for Insane, Provisions made under the law of 1836, Table XXVII. - Insane in each Receptacle and Prison, Sex, Nativity, Condition, State Almshouses, Cells in State Almshouses, Table XXVIII. - Insane and Idiots in each State Almshouse, Sex, Nativ ity, Condition, Summary of accommodations for the Insane, Further wants of the Insane, Number of Subjects for a Hospital yet to be provided for, General plans for the future, Superintendents of Hospitals consulted, Size of a Hospital, Disadvantages of large Hospitals, Influence of distance In the use of Hospitals by the people, Table XXIX. - Number of people In various Districts to each Patient sent to the Insane Hospital in twelve States, Table XXX. - Ratio of Patients sent to the Lunatic Hospital at ivorcester to the average population of each County, during twenty -one years, 1833 to 1853, inclusive, Table XXXI. - Ratio to the population, of Insane In, and of Patients sent to, the Hospital from each County, Opening the Taunton Hospital increased the number of Patients provided for In South-eastern Counties, Influence of facilities of travel on the use of a Hospital, Separate Hospitals for Male and Female, Separate Hospitals for Curable and Incurable, Social distinctions in Hospitals, Healthy affections, tastes and habits, to be regarded in treating the Insane, Separate Hospitals for the Independent and Pauper, Pauper Hospitals in England, Character and Condition of English Paupers, Hospital for State Paupers, Table XXXII. - Situation of State Paupers, Insane and Idiots, Criminal Insane in Hospitals, Injurious to other Patients, Opinions in Great Britain on mixing criminal and innocent Insane, This Is necessary now, Criminals should be with State Paupers, Policy of the State In providing for the Insane, Law of 1836 - County Receptacles, Counties that fulfil and disregard this law, Classes of Patients committed to the Receptacles and Prisons, Furiously mad committed, Periodical cases committed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from By-Laws of the Massachusetts General Hospital: With the Rules and Regulations Established by the Board of Trustees for the Government of the Asylum for the Insane in Charlestown, and the Hospital in Boston They shall cause a fair record of all their doings to be kept, which shall he laid before the Corporation at every meeting thereof; and at every annual meeting they shall make a written report on the Treasurer's accounts, and on the general state of the Institution, comprising a statement of the number of patients admitted and discharged during the year at each department, - an inventory of all the real and personal property of the Corporation in each depart ment, and an account of the receipts and expenditures in each department; and for this purpose they shall, at some' meeting in the month of December, appoint a Committee of the Board. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Reviewing Jarvis's Report in 1856, Isaac Ray wrote: "Never, perhaps, has a statistical inquiry been pursued with such ample provisions against error and imperfection, or with results more worthy of reliance. In all those respects which render such a work of value, --accuracy, completeness, and pertinence, -- we doubt if it has been surpassed."