Account of the rise and progress of the asylum, proposed to be established, near Philadelphia : for the relief of persons deprived of the use of their reason : with an abridged account of the Retreat, a similar institution near York, in England.

Date:
1814
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Credit: Account of the rise and progress of the asylum, proposed to be established, near Philadelphia : for the relief of persons deprived of the use of their reason : with an abridged account of the Retreat, a similar institution near York, in England. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. THE Establishment which is described in the following pages, though on a small scale, has so far met the approbation of many judicious persons, who have had an opportu- nity of minutely inspecting its internal econo- my and management, that I have been induc- ed to attempt such a representation, as it is hoped will be useful to those who are engag- ed in similar institutions. Contemplating the loss of reason as pre- eminent in the catalogue of human afflictions ; and believing that the experience of the Re- treat throws some light on the means of its mitigation, and also that it has demonstrated, beyond all contradiction, the superior effica- cy, both in respect of cure and security, of a mild system of treatment in all cases of men- tal disorder, an account of that experience has long appeared to me, due to the public. If it should be thought to afford satisfacto- rv evidence in favour of a more mild system