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 soci eties or individuals have brought to light the wretched ness, habitual neglect and abuse, which prevail In these abodes, and wh1ch, in every instance of the erection of a new asylum, have formed the basis and burden of the appeal for legislative or benevolenti'aid.. An' ex amination of these reports, and the memorials that have grown out of them, Will enable 11s to come to no other conclusion than that the object a1med at was the removal of the 1nsane from the in¿uences and privations of the poor-houses and other improper place where they were found Undoubtedly the legislatures which made appropriations upon the representations presented, have reasonably anticipated that the relief so far as it could be made to extend, would apply first to those Whose long suffering and neglect entitled them, if they had any claim, to prior consideration..About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.