. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. thus causing a scandalto the institution, and, without dt)ubt, injuring the Lukes Hospital for the insane was in Old Street, HOSPITALS. 393 City Road, and was built because Bethlehem was inade-quate to the relief of all indigent lunatics; and their treat-ment was fairly rational, even those who were obliged towear straight jackets- having their meals together, so as toafford some little break in the monotony of their miserablelives. Each patient had a separate sleeping apartment,and there were two large gard
. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. thus causing a scandalto the institution, and, without dt)ubt, injuring the Lukes Hospital for the insane was in Old Street, HOSPITALS. 393 City Road, and was built because Bethlehem was inade-quate to the relief of all indigent lunatics; and their treat-ment was fairly rational, even those who were obliged towear straight jackets- having their meals together, so as toafford some little break in the monotony of their miserablelives. Each patient had a separate sleeping apartment,and there were two large gardens, one for men, the otherfor women, where pleasant recreation could be taken infine weather. The other medical hospitals were—Bartholomews, , Guys, St. Georges, the London, Middlesex, theWestminster Infirmary, and the Lock Hospital, in Gros-venor Place. The majority of these had regular medicalschools, as now, but there were, also, many private lecturersand demonstrators of anatomy, as also professors of naturaland experimental philosophy, and ^i? ^i? ^J ^J* ^Jc* ^J? J J* J? J J ^5* iJ(* J* w w* w w w i ^J ^i w w w w w w cJf) A tjlj lAi cjj A ijj A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
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