Lunacy in many lands : being an introduction to the reports on the lunatic asylums of various countries, visited in 1882-5 / by G.A. Tucker, and presented by him to the Government of New South Wales

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Tucker, G. A. (George Alfred)
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LUNACY IN MANY LANDS. 1
LUNACY IN MANY LANDS. BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO THE REPORTS ON THE Lunatic Asylums of various Countries. 3
[Chapter heading not available] 5
CREDENTIAL. 5
COUNTRIES VISITED. 6
AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION, &c. 7
SIR SAUL SAMUEL’S ASSISTANCE. 7
DIFFICULTIES OF OBTAINING INFORMATION. 8
UNDERTAKING. 8
BUILDINGS. 9
REPORTS. 9
GROUNDS. 12
SITUATION OF ASYLUM. 12
INTERNAL ARRANGEMENTS. 13
KITCHEN, COOKING, &c. 14
WATER, BATHS, CLOSETS, &c. 14
VENTILATION, HEAT, LIGHT. 15
VISITATION AND INSPECTION. 16
STAFF AND ATTENDANTS. 17
LAY SUPERINTENDENTS. 18
CAPACITY.—MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PATIENTS. 19
CLASSIFICATION. 20
PER CAPITA COST. 22
ADMISSIONS. 24
DISCHARGES. 25
RECOVERIES. 26
DEATHS. 27
HISTORY OF PATIENTS. 28
MORTUARIES AND POST-MORTEM ROOMS. 28
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. 28
DIETARY SCALE. 29
DIVINE SERVICE. 30
OCCUPATION AND AMUSEMENT. 30
RESTRAINTS. 33
COMPLAINTS OF PATIENTS. 35
TREATMENT. 36
BOARDING OUT. 37
SINGLE PATIENTS. 42
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN ENGLISH REGISTERED AND ROYAL HOSPITALS. 43
CHIEF CAUSES OF INSANITY. 44
VARIATION IN THE FORMS OF INSANITY. 44
INCREASE—INSANITY AND GENERAL PARALYSIS. 45
LUNACY DISTRICTS. 46
WOMEN’S WORK AND INFLUENCE. 46
PRISONS AND DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUMS. 47
GENERAL. 48
INSTITUTES FOR FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN. 48
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 49
APPENDIX A. 51
ASYLUMS VISITED. 79
UNITED KINGDOM. 89
ASYLUMS NOT VISITED, BUT FROM WHICH RETURNS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED. 93
TABULAR STATEMENT. No.1. 97
TABULAR STATEMENT. No.2. 98
TABULAR STATEMENT. No.3. 99
END OF APPENDIX A. 100
APPENDIX B. 103
ILLINOIS. KANE COUNTY HOUSE. 108
ILLINOIS. NORTHERN STATE INSANE HOSPITAL AND ASYLUM, ELGIN. 113
MAINE. STATE INSANE HOSPITAL, AUGUSTA. 127
ENGLAND. NORFOLK. COUNTY ASYLUM, NEAR NORWICH. 135
ITALY. VENICE. ST. CLEMENTE PROVINCIAL FEMALE ASYLUM. 142
RUSSIA. IMPERIAL LUNATIC ASYLUM, OUDELNAJA, NEAR ST. PETERSBURG. 149

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