Excerpt from Report on Provision for the Chronic InsaneIt is a part of the history of the provision for the insane of this country, that the earlier efforts in this direction were prompted by a desire to afford an asylum, or re treat, fer the dangerous class, or such friendless and indigenti'nsane persons as were found in jails, alms houses, and other'improper receptacles. Official reports of commissions, and-inquiries set on foot by medical s...
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