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id: 18398
title: Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum
author: Pengilly, Mary Huestis
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  very hard to endure this prison life, and know that my sons think me How unkind Mrs. Mills is today; does she think this sort of treatment is came here), "I can''t go looking like this; I must be a little better If I should die here, he will still believe Dr. Steeves, who looks so well they cannot think he would do so great a I wished very much to tell him to take her home, but Mrs. Mills did not leave them, and I dared not speak to him. Mrs. Mills, don''t you see they are too tight, her hands look ready to looking fresh and nice; she was in Mrs. Mills'' room, in her Some ladies came to see her a short time ago, and as they left fasted eight days, and felt comfortable and happy most of the time. seat in the window sill, looking at those poor men working on the


id: 5230
title: The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance
author: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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  "I thought, sir," said Mrs. Hall, "you''d prefer the clock--" "Very useful things indeed they are, sir," said Mrs. Hall. man''s face if I had him stopping in _my_ place," said Henfrey. "So be it," said Mrs. Hall, taking up the table-cloth and beginning "That room''s private!" said Hall, and the stranger shut the door said, and came round from behind the bar towards the parlour door. "Invisible Man," said Cuss, and rushed on to the window. "An Invisible Man!" said Mr. Marvel. "If you shout, I''ll smash your face," said the Invisible Man, "Invisible!" said Kemp, and sat down on a bedroom chair. "Good-night," said Kemp, and shook an invisible hand. "Money," said the Invisible Man, and went again to stare out of the "I don''t know about that tramp of mine," said the Invisible Man, "No," said the Invisible Man, and thought. "The Invisible Man!" said Kemp.


id: 11556
title: Facing the Flag
author: Verne, Jules
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  Half an hour later the Count d''Artigas and Captain Spade were At this moment the Count d''Artigas and Engineer Serko appeared on Thomas Roch, "if it be necessary," said the Count d''Artigas. d''Artigas, Engineer Serko, Captain Spade and his crew. At this moment Count d''Artigas, Engineer Serko and Captain Spade go has been taken in, Count d''Artigas and Engineer Serko follow. possible use would Thomas Roch''s invention be to the Count d''Artigas the acquaintance of Engineer Serko and Captain Spade, Ker Karraje lair--Ker Karraje and Back Cup;" and I surmise that if Engineer Serko d''Artigas, Engineer Serko, and Captain Spade will waste their time When I look out this morning, I see Thomas Roch and Engineer Serko now that Ker Karraje, Engineer Serko, Captain Spade, and the pirates Here comes Thomas Roch accompanied by Engineer Serko. Ker Karraje, Engineer Serko, and Captain Spade remain Ker Karraje, Engineer Serko, and Captain Spade remain


id: 11962
title: A Mind That Found Itself: An Autobiography
author: Beers, Clifford Whittingham
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  remark; and several times I said, "I wish it was over!" For I believed day in the room with the aged man, sick unto death. the time they were hurt until I again began to talk--two years later--I mind, not only were the doctors and attendants detectives; each patient time, the attendants naturally grew careless, and often locked a door Many times a day I would tell the attendants friendly way, the attendant in charge, and ask him to permit my new Unfortunately for me, my good attendant soon left the institution to attendant placed me in the strait-jacket during the day for refusing to doctor put on a knowing look, but said nothing and soon left the room. continued abuse often causes death), this man lived a long time--five said: "A patient in this ward--a man in his right mind, who leaves here A free man on New Year''s Day,


id: 33241
title: Letters of a Lunatic A Brief Exposition of My University Life, During the Years 1853-54
author: Adler, G. J. (George J.)
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  PROFESSOR OF GERMAN LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF page or two from my life in connection with a public institution of the University at the time of my instruction to the students, such an idea 3d, During the horrid disorders within the Institution the past winter, Dear Sir,--I deem it my duty as a citizen of New-York, and a member of a apprize you of a fact of my personal history during the past winter, connected with the University of the city of New-York, first as a number of years past in preparing works for publication, and this winter As the above letter was handed to my personal friends for the purpose of the year of my matriculation at the institution, to the present hour I attempts of certain parties in connection with the institution and _ab institution, where such scenes of scandal only _date from the time his


id: 36591
title: Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard''s Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity
author: Packard, E. P. W. (Elizabeth Parsons Ware)
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  said he was willing to testify before any court under oath, that "Mrs. Packard was literally kidnapped." I was carried to the cars from the depot in the State that will allow a married woman the right of a trial against paper, which had been referred to by the witnesses, as evidence of Mrs. Packard''s insanity, and which Deacon Smith refused to hear read. "But, Sir; Mr. Packard has a right to my person in law, and can take it opinions as Insanity, and to imprison for it, as our present laws allow. "Mrs. Packard''s mother was an insane woman, and several of her relatives Packard, late an inmate of the Insane Asylum of the State of Illinois. had his certificate that Mrs. Packard was insane, which they used as Mrs. Packard''s insanity." Well, what did the "feelings" of the the question of Mrs. Packard''s insanity!"


id: 38282
author: Anonymous
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  The house in which lived the Herriges family is a little two storied frame house 337 Lombard Street from Joseph Herriges. about the crazy man living locked up in Herriges house, as though making a man looking through the crevices of an upper window in Herriges house, At this moment Mrs. Gibson saw Mrs. Herriges, John''s mother, in the yard, window of the little cage like room in which John Herriges was confined, "What have you got that man locked up in that room for?" asked Mrs. Gibson. Herriges then turned upon Mrs. Gibson and said in a very provoking manner. By the time Mr. Gibson and his mother had returned home from their house sister of Herriges, Mrs. Mary Ann Hurtt came down to Mr. Gibson''s house. "Do you mean Joseph Herriges?" asked Mrs. Gibson. accompanied by Joseph Herriges, the brother, who said to Mr. Gibson:

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  The Herriges Horror in Philadelphia A Full History of the Whole Affair. A Man Kept in a Dark Cage Like a Wild Beast for Twenty Years, As Alleged, in His Own Mother''s and Brother''s House


id: 48455
title: Ten Years and Ten Months in Lunatic Asylums in Different States
author: Swan, Moses
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  back halls of the Marshall Infirmary or Lunatic Asylum, Ida Hill, Troy, Long before I went to Brattleborough I was thought by Dr. Hall to have the consumption, who said my left lung was gone. lion-like men through the day-time, though in fear of my dear life. like to be in that room to-day and be treated as one poor man was in said I, a lunatic asylum for my home, a cell for my dining room, a cell main-house William Anderson told me Chris and his wife were patients, DOCTORS, ATTENDANTS AND PATIENTS IN THE INCURABLE HOUSE. First saw Bacon in Ida Hill Lunatic Asylum, March 29, 1860, bound to a After Anderson came to the incurable house as attendant, Bacon roomed The first year I entered the Troy Asylum, I found in the attendant''s TROY LUNATIC ASYLUM INCURABLE HOUSE. TROY LUNATIC ASYLUM INCURABLE HOUSE. SINCE I LEFT TROY LUNATIC ASYLUM AS A PATIENT.


id: 49621
title: The Father and Daughter: A Tale, in Prose
author: Opie, Amelia
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  first time in her life Agnes learned to think her father unjust and misery?" Clifford promised every thing she wished; and Agnes tried to yet heard my story," replied Agnes: "but you shall know who I am soon; it--" said Fanny with hesitation--"It is my child," replied Agnes, friend, Fanny''s respect yielded to affection, and, falling on Agnes''s "My dear Fanny," said Agnes, "I have a question to ask, and I charge you Agnes wore away great part of the night in telling Fanny her mournful Caroline, again coming forward, but was again driven back by Mr. Seymour, who, turning to Agnes, bade her claim shelter from the man for first, when Agnes returned from visiting her father, Fanny used to "_I_ can do nothing for your father," said he to Agnes (when he had "It is time to go home," said Agnes to him just as the day began to


id: 44320
author: Arlidge, J. T. (John Thomas)
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  126.--Visiting Justices of Asylums to supervise workhouse lunatic advanced by the Lunacy Commissioners to large lunatic asylums, cases in workhouses for asylum treatment to the Union medical officer, reported by the Poor-Law Board, as detained in County and Borough Asylums Pauper lunatics in workhouses are stated (10th Annual Report of the Poor only one-half of the lunatic inmates of workhouses require asylum many insane persons in workhouses: for, on one side, asylums are found to Officer to any Pauper Lunatic _not being_ in a Workhouse, Asylum, Medical Superintendents of Insane Asylums that not more than 250 patients the asylums make a return to the Lunacy Commissioners that such a patient lunatics and ''nervous'' patients not in asylums, but placed, or proposed to the pauper insane not in workhouses or asylums, but boarded with for a quarterly visit to all county patients in lunatic asylums, and to

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  On the State of Lunacy and the Legal Provision for the Insane With Observations on the Construction and Organization of Asylums


id: 55104
title: Colony Treatment of the Insane and Other Defectives
author: Murphy, P. L. (Patrick Livingston)
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  Colony Treatment of the Insane and Other Defectives treating and caring for the insane and other defectives" the colony central hospital plant and placing farm working patients there, to be The first building was for 30 men with rooms for a man and his family, land is sufficient, the number depending on the size of the hospital, [Illustration: PATIENTS WORKING RASPBERRIES] men and their disease, they immediately went to work and are to-day few months ago sent to the colony along with nine other men almost as [Illustration: TWO COLONY BUILDINGS] [Illustration: TWO COLONY BUILDINGS] [Illustration: TWO COLONY BUILDINGS] Hospitals for the insane cannot properly care for epileptics or idiots. a medical journal of the number of insane sent to the hospitals in During that year 2,426 insane persons were admitted into the hospitals hospital for insane. white patients sent to our hospitals every year and we ought to have


