A new view of insanity : in which is set forth the present mismanagement of public and private madhouses, all the late and existing defects of New Bethlem : with some suggestions towards a new remedy for that almost-universal disorder of the human race / by Richard Carlile.

  • Carlile, Richard, 1790-1843.
Date:
1831
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Credit: A new view of insanity : in which is set forth the present mismanagement of public and private madhouses, all the late and existing defects of New Bethlem : with some suggestions towards a new remedy for that almost-universal disorder of the human race / by Richard Carlile. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    What was the matter with his feet?—It was oc- casioned by cold ; they were frost-bitten.* Was the man three or four days before he had attendance from Dr. Wright?—I believe it was a week. , Has Dr. Wright visited your gallery, and the pa- tients under your charge, daily ?—No. How long a period has elapsed between his visits f Sometimes two, sometimes three days, sometimes lono-er; a week I have known him not visit. The gallery under your charge, you have known a week without being visited by Dr. Wright ?—The basement story Dr. Wright was more frequently in the habit of passing through. Do you mean to say, that in the gallery you had the care of. Dr. Wright has not visited for a week together.—Yes. Is your remembrance so distinct that you are able to say, of your own knowledge, that a week has elapsed without Dr. Wright being there ?—Yes. Have there been patients at that time requiring a more particular attendance ?—There was the man that burnt his head ; he was under the care of Sur- geon Lawrence. There was a man under a state of disease ?—Yes. David Kidd, ejcamined by the Committee. What are you?—I am keeper in the criminal wing. How much time has Dr. Wright been in the habit of passing in the dead-house, in the course of the day ?—Sometimes, mostly all day. Do you know what his occupation has been there? * Those feet were frost-bitten from neglect,—the patient being chained where he could not cover himself and be warm. There is a standing order on the book of rules, that such persons should be attended to, and have their feet rubbed and covered with flan- nels every evening, which was never done.