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    A LUNATIC VII/LAGEw 25

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    book in French and Flemish ; and a knowledge of the local dialect

    is easil The y entire picked town up . is Catholic ; but perfect liberty of conscience sufficientl ld

    perform the exists nature in public Bel or gium the worshi ; gravit and p . Protestants y No of the systematic mental , if classification affection y numerous is carried according , out cou to at

    to Gheel save . in It is not an asy the lum time under and attention strict laws of , an the d medical so arran attend ged as - every way

    in ant families . It is , as thoug freel ht y better as possible here ;— to none allow time of the the patients families to receive be located more

    than twoor at the most three , at a . whether state We of will , things to enter the within inspection some of their the of walls houses relations , for hap they f hazard riends are , open ordinary and at examin all visitors hours e the , ,

    is medical the fir men st gr , or eat mag difference istrates . observable This free , b circulation etween , Gheel of st all and seclusion comers other

    establishments for the care of the insane . The stricte is observed in most asylums , except at fixed hours retard , and the this partl of y

    the on the patients ground . that But sudden here of , friends amidst and startling the strangers ordinary visits has _customs nothing of recovery unusual domestic

    life , the appearance or _, that nothing the that visitors need take startle the particular patient , notice -who ma of y him not . even Thus be absent aware any

    treatment relatives need of those entertain they love no ; anxiety they can as go to and the send real at condition all hours and neat , and and

    veriffor themselves . The houses are generally clean \ some y of them bear comparison with , the most scrupulousl of y kept

    is wards which always varies of a airy hosp in , ital whitewashed size . according The patient , cleanl to the has y , mean exclusive and floored s of the possession with house tile -owner s a or room , with but ,

    boards what is . elegant Often , : the lays patient down carpets ornaments , and arranges it after their his casts hol own and p ideas ictures of .

    The smallest rooms resemble monkish cells in y simplicity . some Formerl ; but y , the from chambers year to allotted year Dr to . the Pari insane got instituted were far old from measures habitations whole of

    reform are taken , which down his and successor in all , Dr rebuildin . Bulckens g , care , continues is taken ; to provide for _^ if

    the inmate a good room , which he can even use as a workshop so inclined unless The sleep . ecial ing sti accommodation pulation is made is to that the of contrary the rest ; of the the beds household are fur- ,

    nished sp with fresh straw mattressesoften renewed . The diet is also the amp If same le extra , and as never that is of stinted paid the famil for in y the ration circle patient , s , ; unless always the by peasants simp medical le and provide inj frugal unctions , him but .

    with maj ' an ority butcher being sum ' s of meat the , same game rank , look and in of little life the , , live harmless local as do dainties mad the famil . peop But y le ; who and the she healthy and even plump

    A Lunatic Vii/Lagew 25

    A LUNATIC VII / _LAGEw 25

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1861, page 25, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031861/page/25/