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 DE PtOWE'S TESTIMONIALS. 
 
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TESTIMONIALS 
 
 IN BKiiAi.r itr 
 
 
 DR T. S. ROWE, M.D. M.R.O.8., 
 
 MCMIKB or TBB BDINinKOR MKDino-CBIBDBOinAL aoCirrT i AMIffTANT PRTMrUN or THE 
 
 BOTAL EOIMBUBMU AUTLON BOB TBB IHtABB; LATB BBBIOBNT rHTIiriAN or 
 
 DmsTOH LODOB AHTLDM, OATBBaBAD-TTNB; AMD LBCTrBBB 0<f 
 
 ANATOMT IN TBB NBWCAaTLI-OM-TTNB COIXBOB or 
 
 MBOiriNB AND rtACTICAt ICIBNCB; 
 
 CANDIDATE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF 
 
 MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT 
 
 nr THK 
 
 iTgdHdr arowttta annattf igglwm* 
 
 1 1 
 
 EDINBURGH : 
 
 PRINTED AT THE ROYAL ASYLUM PRESS. 
 
 1862. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
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 t,«t^.- ..f Appi^^oti»n t» «ii« roMwiitt ■fifiii tii f i iirii n tj 
 
 Page. 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 I. From the Visiting Committee of Managers of the Royal Edin- 
 burgh Asylum for the Insane, .... 
 
 II. From the Medical Board of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for 
 the Insane, ....... 
 
 III. From A. Gillespie, M.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.C.S.E., Consulting 
 
 Physician of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane, ib. 
 
 iV. From David Skae, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., Resident Physician and 
 Superintendent of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the 
 Insane, ....... 
 
 V, From James Sherlock, M.D., L.R.C.S.E., Assistant Physician 
 of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane, 
 
 VI. From the Rev. Robert Lorimer, Chaplain to the Royal Edin- 
 burgh Asylum for the Insane, .... 
 
 VII. From William Pulteney Alison, M.D., D.C.L. Oxon., F.R.S.E., 
 Fellow, and late President of the Royal College o? Physi- 
 cians, Edinburgh, Professor of the Practice of MtJi; ine in 
 the University of Edinburgh, .... 
 
 VI 11. From J. Y. Simpson, M.D., F.R.S, President of the Royal Col- 
 lege of Physicians, Edinburgh; Professor of Midwifery in 
 the University of Edinburgh, and one of the Medical Board 
 of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane, 
 
 IX. From John Moir, M.D., F.R.C.P., Edinburgh, 
 
 \. From George Robinson, M.D., Consulting Physician to the 
 Dunston Lodge and Benshara Lunatic Asylums, and Lec- 
 turer on the Practice of Medicine in the Newcastle-on- 
 Tvup (Aillpgc of Practical Science, .... 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 ib. 
 
 Id 
 
XI, From John Etridjje Wilkinson, Enq., Proprietor and House- 
 Superintendent of the Dunnton Lodge AHyhim, 
 
 XII. From William B. Pajjo, Esq., Medical Visiter to the Cumber- 
 land and Westmoreland Lunatic Asylum, Dunston Lodge, . 
 
 XIII. From Daniel Bulman, M.D., Senior Physician to the New- 
 castle-on-Tyne Infirmary, and Visiting Physician to thu 
 Dunston Lodge Asylum, . . . , . 
 
 XIV. From Sir John Fife, Knt., F.R.C.S., Surgeon to the InHrmary, 
 Lecturer on Surgery in the Newcastle-on-Tyne College of 
 Medicine and Practical Science, Stc. &c., 
 
 XV. From Robert M. Glover, M.D., F.R.S.E., Lecturer on Medi- 
 
 cine in the Newcastle-on-Tyne College of Medicine and 
 Practical Science, ...... 
 
 XVI. From John B. Brarawell, M.D. Edin,, M.R.C.S. Eng., Lecturer 
 
 on Medical Jurisprudence in the College of Practical Science, 
 Newcastle-on-Tyne, Surgeon to the North Shields and 
 Tynemouth Dispensary, ..... 
 
 XVII. From Thomas N. Meggison, M.D., Whickham, 
 
 XVin. From Robert Davis, Esq., M.R.C.S., Surgeon to Wrekenton 
 Pauper Asylum, ...... 
 
 XIX. Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy upon the Case Book 
 of Dunston Lodge Asylum, ..... 
 
 XX. Report of the Durham Magistrates upon the Dunston Lodge 
 Asylum Case Book, ...... 
 
 XXI. Extract from Lunacy Report of Cumberland and Westmore- 
 land Magistrates in the Spring of 1851, 
 
 XXII. From James George Davey, M.D., fornsrly one of the Super- 
 intendents of the Hanwell Asylum, late Physician to the 
 Female Department of the New Asylum for the County of 
 Middlese.\, at Colney Hatch, near London, 
 
 XXIII. From Sir Alexander Morison, M.D., Fellow of the Royal Col- 
 lege of Physmaii . London, late President of the Royal 
 College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Physician to the Surrey 
 County Lunatic Asylum, ..... 
 
 Paff« 
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 18 
 ib. 
 19 
 
 iO. 
 20 
 
 ib. 
 
 21 
 
 ib. 
 
 22 
 
 ib. 
 
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p»t« 
 
 XXIV. From J. R. Orahamslov. M.D.. Rwia-nt \Mical SujHrint^n.l- 
 ,.|.t of tho County ami City of Wort-eHter Pruiht Liinatif 
 Adylum, ..••••■ 
 
 XXV. From C. Wand Radcliffp, M.D., L.R.C.P., London, 
 XXVI. Certificate of attendance on Clinical Lectures, &c. at Hanwell 
 Asylum, ■•••■■ 
 
 XXVII. From John Conolly, M.D. Edin., U.C.L. Oxon., Consulting 
 Physician to the llanwell Asylum, 
 
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 24 
 
 ib. 
 
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TESTIMONIALS. 
 
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 I.— From the VISITING COMMITTEE of MANAGERS of 
 the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane. 
 
 ■ 
 
 Edinbuboii, November 25, 18i>'2. 
 We, the undersigned, Visiting Committee of Managers of the 
 Royal Edinburgh Asylum, have much pleasure in stating, that, 
 from our position, we have had frequent opportunities of witnessing 
 the zeal and diligence with which Dr Rowe has pei*formcd tho 
 various duties incumbent on him, as one of the Assistant Physicians 
 in that Asylum. We have always found him obliging, gentlemanly 
 in his manners, enthusiastic in his regard for the welfare of the 
 patients, and ever anxious to adopt, and carry into execution any 
 suggestions which would tend to promote their well-being, comfort, 
 and amusement. He is of an amiable disposition, good-tempered, 
 kind, and forbearing. From the extensive opportunities he has en- 
 joyed here, — as well as when Resident Physician to the Cumberland 
 and Westmoreland Provi'-'onal County Asylum,— of studying the 
 various forms and phases of Mental Diseases, with their appropriate 
 treatment, and also of making himself acquainted with the general 
 management and economy of a large Institution, we have no hesita- 
 tion in expressing our conviction, that he is pre-eminently qualified 
 to undertake the responsibilities and duties of tbe office for which he 
 is now a candidate. 
 
 JOHN TAYLOR, M.D., 
 F.R.C.P. 
 
 JAMES MORGAN, 
 
 SOLIOITOR IN THE SuPBEME CoURTS OF SCOTLAND. 
 
 J. H. STOTT, 
 J. P. FOR City of Edi.nbvroh. 
 

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 ir.— From the MEDICAL BOARD cf the Royal Edinburgh 
 
 Asylum for the Insane* 
 
 Royal EDiNiiuBon Asylum for the Insane, 
 November 29, 1852. 
 
 Wk, the untlersigiied, Members of the Medical Board of the 
 llojal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane, certify, that we believe 
 Dr T. 8. Kowe has discharged his duties at the Asylum in a most 
 eflicicnt manner, and that he is in every respect qualified to under- 
 take the Medical Superintendence of any largo Lunatic Asylum. 
 
 J. Y. SIMPSON. 
 W. P. ALISON. 
 JOHN SCOTT. 
 J. S. COMBE. 
 
 * Tlie Meuical Board of the Asvlum consists of tho President of tiie 
 Roval College of Physicians, the President of the Royal College of Surgeons, 
 and Professor Alison and Dr John Scott, Physicians in Ordinary to the 
 Queen for Scotland. 
 
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 III.— From A. GILLESPIE, M.D., F.R.S.E., Consulting Physi- 
 cian of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane. 
 
 30, York Place, Nov. 25, 1852. 
 DuuiNG the last nine months Dr Rowc has been acting as one of 
 the Assistant Physicians at the Roy.il Asylum, Morningside, and I 
 have had during that period frequent opportunities of forming an 
 (Estimate of liis qualifications. I consider him from his fii-mness of 
 character, afl[*able manners, and business habits, not only perfectly 
 competent, but peculiarly well qualified for undertaking the respon- 
 sibilities of the office for which he is now a candidate, and should 
 liis application prove successful, I feel certain that he will discharge 
 the manilold duties of the situation with satisfaction to the Managers, 
 credit to himself, and the improvement and comfort of the unfortu- 
 nate class of patients committed to his care. 
 
 A. GILLESPIE, M.D., VM.i^., 
 
 CONSI'LTINU PnvsitiAN, U. L. A. 
 
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 THE Insane, 
 
 ,ard of the 
 
 wc believe 
 
 m in a most 
 
 etl to under- 
 
 Asylum. 
 
 PSON. 
 JSON. 
 ]OTT. 
 MBE. 
 
 resident of the 
 rrc of Sur<?eons, 
 rdinary to the 
 
 mlttng Physi- 
 Insane. 
 
 )i>. 25, 1852. 
 ctiug as one of 
 lingside, and I 
 
 of forming an 
 his firmness of 
 
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 ing the respon- 
 lie, and should 
 3 will discharge 
 D the Managers, 
 of the mifortu- 
 
 r.u.s., 
 
 BICIA.N, U. E, A. 
 
 IV.—From DAVID SKAE, M.D., V.\U\i^.¥..Jti'sident P/ii/sicuin 
 and ^Superintendent of the Royal Edinburgh Asylwn for the 
 Insane. 
 
 RcTAL EniNBrnrii Astlvm, 
 November 25, 1852. 
 
 Dk Rowe's qualifications for the office of Medical Superintendent 
 of the County Lunatic Asylum, now in process of erection in Essex, 
 are, in my opinion, of a very high order. He enjoyed in London 
 and afterwards in Edinburgh, the most favourable and extended ad- 
 vantages for his medical education, which was therefore liberal, 
 practical, and complete. From an early period of his studios, his 
 predelictions led him to devote rispocial attention to the study of 
 Insanity, and to dedicate himself <o this department of the profes- 
 sion. Of the mode in which he availed himself of his opportunities 
 at Ilanwell and elsewhere for prosecuting this branch of study, I 
 believe ample evidence will be produced. 
 
 Dr Rowe was soon afterwards appointed Resident Medical Officer 
 of the Provisional County Asylum for Cumberland and Westmore- 
 land, where he had the care of 130 patients for a period of nearly two 
 years. A vacancy having occurred in the Medical Sta ff liere, by 
 the appointment of Dr Grahamsley as Superintendent of the Wor- 
 cester County Asylum, I at once endeavoured to secure the services 
 of Dr Rowe, of whose merits and zeal in this department of medicine 
 I had then heard. On his expressing his desire to avail himself of 
 the extensive field of observation and experience afforded here, ho 
 was at once appointed to the vacant office, being recommended in 
 the most flatleiing manner by the Proprietor, Consulting Medical 
 Officers, and others connected with the Dunston Lodge Asylum. 
 
 Since Dr Rowe entci'cd on office here, he has had all the advan- 
 tages of experience which Ihe House affords, having at one time liiid 
 the medical care of the higher class patients (about 60 in numberj 
 at another of the male or female paupers, and for a short period tlio 
 entire charge of the pauper department of the Institution, containing 
 /jOO patients of both sexes. 
 
 Dr Rowe has discharged his duties to my entire satisfaction, and 
 that also, I believe, of every one connected with the Asylum. Ilin 
 
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 whole time and energies have hccn unsparingly devoted to the 
 patients, and the general well-being of the establishment. He pos- 
 sesses, in a remarkable combination, those qualities which are essen- 
 tial in the Physician- Superintendent of a Lunatic Asylum — a good 
 physical development, very high intellectual and moral endowments, 
 a gentlemanly and prepossessing address, gi*eat self-possession, tact 
 and kindness of heart, an excellent temper, conjoined with very 
 active and regular habits, and a taste for the systematic and orderly 
 arrangement of his own duties, and those of others. 
 
 I have not met any one whom I could recommend with such 
 entire confidence as Dr Rowe for the appointment which he now 
 seeks. He is not only thoroughly qualified for the efficient Super- 
 vision and Medical charge of an Asylum in all its details, but he 
 has both the ability and taste for the development of all those sub- 
 sidiaiy means which of late years have been found so signally bene- 
 ficial in the moral treatment of Insanity in the best-managed Asy- 
 lums. 
 
 I ought to add, what will, I doubt not, be no small recommenda- 
 tion to those who seek an officer calculated to promote the best inte- 
 rests of humanity, by the advancement of scientiiic research, that 
 Dr liowe has displayed the greatest zeal in the study and prosecu- 
 tion of pathological inquiries, which, combined with his previous 
 experience and success as a Lecturer on Anatomy, guarantee the 
 i'xpeclation that he will contribute to the progress of our knowledge 
 regarding the true pathology and treatment of Mental Disease. 
 
 DAVID SKAE, M.D., 
 Physician, R.E.A. 
 
 V.~From JAMES SHERLOCK, M.D., L.R.C.S.E., Assistant 
 Physician of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane. 
 
 Nov. 26, 1862. 
 I HAVE been acquainted with Dr Thomas S. Rowe for upwards of 
 two years, and for the last nine months we have been associated as 
 Assistant Physicians in this ^sylum, so that daily opportunity of 
 
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 judging of his fitness for nich an appointment as that for whicli lio 
 is now a candidate has been aftbrdcd nic. 
 
 Since his connection with this Establishment, he has had charge, 
 at different periods, of the vaiious departments of this Institution ; 
 and upon one occasion as ninny as 500 cases of both sexes were for 
 several weeks under his sole Medical Superintendence. 
 
 Dr R. is possessed of great decision and firnmess of purpose, 
 combined with much amiability and kindness of disposition, — his 
 moral chai'acter is unblemished. He is a close observer of facts 
 and has a ready power of adopting measures for any emergency. 
 He has read much, and is well versed in the subject which he has 
 chosen for his field of practice, in which he is not a Utile assisted by 
 a natural metaphysical cast of mind. He is most enthu»ias(ic in his 
 vocation, and inspired with an ardent desire of advancing every de- 
 partment of Psychological Medicine. 
 
 In the dischai'ge of his duties, he has shewn unwearied zeal 
 activity, and prudence, which were no less remarkable in the man- 
 agement of individual cases, than in the careful and comprehensive 
 system of general discipline, and the judicious use of the various 
 moral and physical agencies which are now brought to bear upon 
 the inmates of all well regulated Asylums. I may add, that with 
 the details of the internal economy of a large Asylum, he is per- 
 fectly conversant, and, that it would be difficult — if possible — to 
 find one who possesses in a more eminent degree, the varied quali- 
 fications calculated to make an efficient and distinguished Physician- 
 Superintendent for a Lunatic Asylum. 
 
 JAMES SHERLOCK, M,D. 
 
 VI.— From the Rev. ROBERT LORIMER, Chaplain to the 
 
 Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane. 
 
 RoTAL Edinbdboii Abtlum, 
 Nov. 24, 1862. 
 
 My Dear Sib, — It affords me much pleasure to comply with the 
 
 request contained in your note of yesterday, which I duly received ; 
 
 and I trust you may succeed in your present application. 
 
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 I have seen you very frequently during the time of your resi- 
 dcnco in the Momingside Institution, and I can bear unqualified 
 testimony with respect to the correctness of your moral character, 
 the propriety of your general conduct, and your regard to religious 
 duties. 
 
 I considr your knowledge not only extensive, but practical ; and 
 the energy, skill, and perseverance which have already contributed 
 so much to your success in the treatment of those committed to your 
 care, fit you for any similar situation, even when the highest respon- 
 sibility may devolve upon you. 
 
 Your friends will be most happy to recommend you, believing 
 that you will continue to merit their approbation, by exerting your- 
 self in every way to aid the eft'orts, and promote the welfare, of those 
 among whom you may be placed. 
 
 Db Rowe. 
 
 ROBERT LORIMER, 
 
 CUAPLAIN. 
 
 Vll.— From WILLIAM PULTENEY ALISON, M.D., D.C.L. 
 Oxon., F.R.S.E., Fellow, mid late President of the Royal College 
 of Physicians, Edinburgh, Professor of the Practice of Medicine 
 in the University of Edinburgh. 
 
 EDiNBUBGn, Nov. 27, 1852. 
 Although I have had but little personal opportunity of judging 
 of Dr Howe's professional qualifications, I am aware of his ample 
 education, and of the peculiar opportunities he has enjoyed of study- 
 ing the cause and the treatment of Mental Diseases, and of the zeal 
 with which he has devoted himself to these studies ; and I have a 
 confident expectation, that the very favourable anticipation of future 
 eminence, contained in the testimonials of l)r Gillespie and Dr 
 Skac, will be justified by his success in life. 
 
 W. P. ALISON. M.D. 
 
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 VIII.— From J. Y. SIMPSON, M.D., F.R.S., President of the 
 Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Professor of Midwifery 
 in the University of Edinburgh, and one of the Medical Hoard 
 of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the Insane, tjr. ijr. 
 
 Edinburgh, December 2, 1852. 
 I HAVE the pleasure of knowing Dr Rowc personally, and have 
 repeatedly seen him and met him at the charge of cases of Insanity 
 in the Morningside Asylum. He knows, I believe, his profession 
 generally excellently well ; and is a perfect master of that depart- 
 ment of it to which he has more especially devoted his time and 
 talents. His manners, character, and acquirements fit him admira- 
 bly for the charge of an Asylum, and I sincerely believe any such 
 Institution will be fortunate which secures his services. 
 
 J. Y. SIMPSON. 
 
 IX.— From JOHN MOIR, M.D., F.R.C.P., Edinburgh. 
 
 52, Castle Street, 
 EoiNBURon, Nov. 25, 1852. 
 
 Du RowE being a Candidate for the situation of Medical Officer 
 to the Essex Lunatic Asylum, I have much pleasure in having it 
 in my power to record my opinion as to his admirable fitness for it, 
 or any similar appointment. 
 
 My opinion is based not only on personal observation, from hav- 
 ing had oppoi'tunities of witnessing Dr Rovve's conduct towards the 
 patients in the Asylum at Morningside, but still more from the re- 
 port of some of my own patients, who had been for a time inmates 
 there, and who all speak in the kindest way of his attention to, and 
 treatment of them, while under his care. 
 
 Knowing these facts, and also that Dr Rowc ha.s enjoyed many 
 opportunities of cxporicncc in this branch of the profession, I feel 
 
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 satinfied thnt, if elected, lie will discharge his duties with sntixfac- 
 tion to the Directors, and very much also to the comfort and benefit 
 of the patients. 
 
 JOHN MOIR. 
 
 X.— From GEORGE ROBINSON, M.D., Consulting Physician 
 to the Dunston Lodge and Bensham Lunatic Asylums, and Lec- 
 turer on the Practice of Medicine in the Newcastle~on-Tyne Col- 
 lege of Medicine and Practical Science, ^c. 
 
 Newcastle, Nov. 23, 1862. 
 Having had ample opportunities of observing Dr Rowe's skill in 
 the management of the insane during his residence in Dunston 
 Lodge, I can with pleasure bear testimony to his humanity, atten- 
 tion, and success, and to his consequent fitness for the responsible 
 office of Medical Superintendent of a public Asylum. 
 
 GEORGE ROBINSON, M.D. 
 
 XL— From JOHN ETRIDGE WILKINSON, Esq., Proprietor 
 and House-Superintendent of Dunston Lodge Asylum. 
 
 Dunston Lodge Pbotisional AsTLxm fob the Counties 
 
 OF Cumberland and Westhobeland, 
 
 November 30, 1862. 
 
 My Dear Sir, — Having for nearly two years daily witnessed 
 your unremitting attention to all the patients under your care in 
 this Asylum, I feel it as much a duty as it is a pleasure to state, 
 that your conduct in every respect was, during that time, most 
 satisfactory ; and that your professional career, marked by that 
 firmness and kindness so essentially necessary in the treatment of 
 the Insane, has been most successful. 
 
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 Insane. 
 
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 Faithfully your's, 
 JNO. ETRIDGE WILKINSON. 
 
 XII. — From Wm. B. PAGE, Esq., Surgeon to the Cumberland 
 Infirmary, Visiting Surgeon to the Cumberland and Westmoreland 
 Lunatic Asylum. 
 
 Cablisle, Nov. 30, 1852. 
 
 I HAVE much pleasure in expressing my opinion of the entire 
 fitness of Dr Rowe for the office of Medical Superintendent of any 
 great Lunatic Asylum. 
 
 For several years he has devoted himself to the study of Mental 
 Disease, and his opportunities for observation have been consider- 
 able. During the time he held the office of Medical Superintendent 
 of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Provisional Asylum, I had 
 ample means of judging of his character, his acquirements, and his 
 attention to the important duties which devolved upon him ; and it 
 is my belief that there are few men so well qualified, both mentally 
 and morally, to have the Medical charge of an Asylum as Dr 
 Rowe. Should the Magistrates of Essex appoint him, they will 
 have not only a most efficient officer, but one who, I doubt not, will 
 avail himself of the opportunities which their Asylum will afford to 
 advance the knowledge of Psychology. 
 
 Wm. B. PAGE, 
 
 Surgeon to the Cumberland Imfirmart, &c. 
 
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 XIII.— From DANIEL BULMAN, M.D., Senior Physician to 
 the Newcastle-on-Tyne Infirmary, and Visiting Physician to the 
 Dunston Asylum. 
 
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 Newcabtle-on-Tyne, 
 Nov. 27, 1862. 
 
 Dear Sir, — I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 
 the 25th November, in which you request me to furnish you with a 
 Testimonial as to your fitness for managing a County Asylum. 
 
 In reply, I have to state that I consider you in every respect 
 qualified to do so, and I hope that you will be appointed to the 
 OfHce for which you are a Candidate. 
 
 I remain, Dear Sir, 
 
 Your's most truly, 
 
 DANIEL BULMAN, M.D. 
 
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 XIV.— From Sir JOHN FIFE, Knt., F.R.C.S., Surgeon to the 
 Infirmary, Lecturer on Surgery in the College of Medicine and 
 Practical Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne, ^c. 4^c. 
 
 
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 I HAVE known Dr Rowe some time, and have much satisfaction 
 in any opportunity of giving my testimony, both to his attainments 
 as a Physician, and his character as a gentleman. 
 
 JOHN FIFE, Knt., 
 F.R.C.S., &o. &c. 
 
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 XV.— From ROBERT M. GLOVER, M.D., F.R.S.E., Lecturer 
 on Medicine in the Newcastle-on-Tt/ne College of Medicine and 
 Practical Science. 
 
 Newoabtlr-on-Ttne, Nov. 26, 1852. 
 I HEREBY certify, that I have known Dr T. S. Rowe both aa 
 Medical Attendant to a Lunatic Asylum, and as a Lecturer on 
 Anatomy in the Newcastle-on-Tyne College of Medicine and Prac- 
 tical Science; and in both capacities I have formed the highest 
 opinion of his qualifications. As a practitioner and a man of 
 science, and as possessed of varied and extensive general attain- 
 ments, as a man of humanity and a gentleman, I consider him in 
 every respect highly qualified for the situation he is desirous of ob- 
 taining. 
 
 ROBERT M. GLOVER, 
 M.D., F.R.S.E. 
 
 XVL— From JOHN B. BRAMWELL, M.D. Edin., M.R.C.S. 
 Eng., Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence in the College of Prac- 
 tical Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Surgeon to the North Shields 
 and Tynemouth Dispensary, 
 
 NoBTH Shields, Nov. 29, 1852. 
 
 Dr Rowe was for eighteen months Resident Medical Officer to 
 the Dunstou Lodge Lunatic Asylimi, to which I am in the habit of 
 recommending patients. During the time of Dr Rowe's residence 
 there, 1 was acquainted with some of the cases under his care, and 
 his treatment of them was such as to convince me of his high quali- 
 fications in that department of the profession to which he has de- 
 voted his attention from the commencement of his medical career. 
 
 His observations regarding the superintendence of the Asylum, 
 
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 and the general comfort of the patients, assured me that the details 
 of management have been carefully studied by him. 
 
 I have known him for some years, and can testify to his goodness 
 of temper, urbanity of manner, and kindness of heart. Intellectually, 
 he is highly e:idowed. I can sincerely recommend him as in every 
 respect qualified to make a most efficient Medical Superintendent of 
 a Lunatic Asylum. 
 
 JOHN B. BRAMWELL, M.D., 
 
 M.R.C.S.E. 
 
 XVII.— From THOMAS N. MEGGISON, M.D., Whickham, 
 
 near Gateahead-Tyne. 
 
 Whickhah, Dec. 2, 1852. 
 During Dr Rowe's stay at Dunston Lodge, I had constant and 
 ample opportunities of seeing his practice in the treatment of the 
 Insane, and had every reason to be highly pleased with his firm but 
 kind and considerate management of the patients under his charge, 
 and I have much pleasure in adding my testimony as to his general 
 fitness for the situation for which he is applying. 
 
 THOMAS N. MEGGISON, M.D. 
 
 XVIII.— From ROBERT DAVIS, M.D., Surgeon to Wrekenton 
 Pauper Asylum, near Oateshead-Tyne, 
 
 Wrekenton House, 
 Dec. 3, 1862. 
 
 Dear Sir, — I have much pleasure in complying with your 
 request, to testify to the efficient state and general good manage- 
 ment of Dunston Lodge Asylum, when you were Resident Medical 
 
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 Officer to that Institation, and to the satinfactory resultH of your 
 treatment of a large number of lunatics, aa evinced by the Annual 
 Report, and the estimation in which the Asylum is held by thu 
 Profession, and the neighbourhood in general. 
 
 ROBERT DAVIS. 
 
 XIX.— REPORT of the COMMISSIONERS in LUNACY upon 
 the Case Book of Dunston Lodge Asylum. 
 
 DcNBTON LoDOE, May 10, 1851. 
 We have perused several of the Cases recorded in this Book with 
 much satisfaction. The symptoms are detailed with sufficient 
 minuteness and accuracy, and are, on the whole, very creditable to 
 the Medical Attendant. 
 
 "^ Commissioners 
 W.G. CAMPBELL,! l^j^^cy. 
 
 J. R. HUME, 
 
 XX.— REPORT of the DURHAM MAGISTRATES upon the 
 Dunston Lodge Case Book. 
 
 Dunston Lodge, Dec. 23, 1861. 
 We have much pleasure in noticing the admirable " Case Book " 
 kept by Dr Rowe, the Medical Officer of the Asylum. 
 
 The entries are full and complete, and shew a desire on the part 
 
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 of Dr Rowo to prenerve an accurate scientific record of the caseM 
 which pass under hiu observation. 
 
 FRANCIS JAMES CROW, 
 
 ViBiTiNo Justice. 
 
 DANIEL BULMAN, M.D., 
 
 Medical Vibiteb. 
 
 XXL— Extract from LUNACY REPORT of Cumberland and 
 Westmoreland Magistrates in the Spring o/1851. 
 
 " They have also to regi'ct the retirement of Dr Rowe, in whom 
 they had every reason to place confidence, and which has left the 
 establishment at present without any resident Medical Officer." 
 
 XXIL— From JAMES GEORGE DAVEY, M.D., formerly one 
 of the Superintendents of Hanwell Asylum, late Physician to the 
 Female Departrm nt of the new Asylum for the County of Middle- 
 sex, at Colney Hatch, near London. 
 
 December 1, 1862. 
 From an acquaintance with Dr T. S. Rowe, I am enablec' o 
 to state that I have everv reason to believe him to be an accom- 
 plished and well informed member of the Medical profession. He 
 has, to my knowledge, directed his especial attention to Psycho- 
 logical studies, and those, V^v. i^^ra'.tical experience of Insanity in its 
 many and varied phastr, ii... y. ht'v- greatlv assisted. 
 
 J. G. DAVEY, M.D. 
 
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 XXIII.— -From SIR ALEXANDER MORISON, M.P., rellow 
 of the Royal College of Phyaicians, f nrnlon, Presidnit nf the. 
 
 Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Physician to the Surrey 
 County Lunatic Asylum, ^c. 
 
 26 CaTENDIRII Hqi'ARE, 
 
 London, Nov. 25, IK't'i. 
 I UA /1j Isno'vu Dr Thomas Smith Rowc for a considcrnbh; num- 
 ber of vpurs, n. a gentleman devoted to the study of Menial Dis- 
 eases; and from the extensive opportunities ho has enjoyed of 
 making himself acquainted with the nature and treatment of those 
 diseasps, I have no hesitation in giving my opinion, that he is p.nr- 
 ticularly well qualified to undertake the management of an Asylum 
 for the Insane. 
 
 ALEX. MORISON, M.D. 
 
 XXIV.—From J. R. GRAHAMSLEY, M.D., Resident Medical 
 Superintendent of the County and City of Worcester Pauper 
 Lunatic Asylum. 
 
 To the Committee of ViriterSf County Asylum, Essex. 
 
 POWICR, NKAR WonCESTEB, 
 
 Dec. 7, 1852. 
 From my acquaintance with Dr Rowe, and personal knowledge 
 of the very extensive and favourable opportunities he has enjoyed, 
 and the zeal and activity he has displayed, and from his high moral 
 and intellectual endowments, I feel the utmost confidence in ex- 
 pressing my conviction that he is peculiarly well qualified for the 
 appointment of RcMident Medical Superintendent of the Essex 
 County Lunatic Asylum. 
 
 J. R. GRAHAMSLEY, M.D., 
 
 Resident Medical Superintendent. 
 
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 XXV.— From C. BLAND RADCLIFFE, M.D., L.R.C.P., 
 
 London. 
 
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 4 Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, 
 London, December 7, 1852. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I have known Dr Rowe for several years, and 
 have had constant opportunities of ascertaining him to be a Physi- 
 cian of no ordinary acquirements — thoroughly versed in professional 
 lore, deeply endowed with independent and original thought, and 
 doubly gifted with energy and gentlemanlincss. I cannot speak too 
 warmly of his general qualifications, and of his peculiar fitness for 
 the treatment of Insanity. I can bear the indirect testimony that 
 I have heard his praises from the lips of more than one man of 
 high reputation in that department of Medicine. 
 
 C. BLAND RADCLIFFE, M.D., 
 L.R.C.P.L. 
 
 To the Committee of Magistrates 
 of the Essex County Lunatic Asylum. 
 
 XXVI.— CERTIFICATE of attendance on the CLINICAL 
 VISITS and LECTURES at Hamoell Asylum, 
 
 Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, 
 Hanwell, Oct. 29, 1849. 
 
 Mr T. S. Rowe attended the Clinical Visits and Lectures at this 
 Asylum in the spring of the present year ; and I had an opportunity 
 of observing that he was a very diligent, as well as intelligent, ob- 
 server ; and that he felt a more than common interest in the general 
 management of the Insane, and in the various forms of Mental 
 Malady presented to his attention in this large Institution. 
 
 JOHN CONOLLY, M.D. 
 
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 XXVir.— From JOHN CONOLLV, M.D, Ediii., D.C.L. Oxoii., 
 Consulting Physician to the llamocU Asifluin. 
 
 To the Committee of Magistrates of the Essex County Lunatic Asylum. 
 
 Lawn Houhk, Hanwkli,, 
 Nov. 27, 1852. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I have been acquainted with Dr Rowc for several 
 years ; knowing him first as a most diligent and attentive student 
 during the Clinical Course of Visits and Lectures at the llanwell 
 Asylum ; and subsequently when fulfilling responsible and import- 
 ant duties in an Asylum in the North of England, and as Assistant 
 Physician to the Royal Edinburgh Asylum at Morningsidc. 
 
 From the Institutions referred to, Dr Rowe will receive, or has 
 received, I doubt not, unexceptionable Testimonials, and to these I 
 beg permission to add mine in his favour. 
 
 Dr Rowe has always appeared to me to be particularly qualified 
 by his kind and cheerful disposition, and by his evident fondness for 
 the department of Medicine which relates to the Insane, to become 
 a valuable Superintendent of an Asylum. The excellent profes- 
 sional education which he has received, ami the vei'y great attention 
 he has paid to the subject of Mental Disorders, and to the general 
 management of them in Asylums, leave no doubt as to his possess- 
 ing the mental qualities of a Superintending Physician to an Asy- 
 lum ; and as he now has had far more experience than is usually 
 enjoyed by young medical men in the actual duties of large Asy- 
 lums, I feel strongly assured that if you honour him with yoin* 
 confidence, your Asylum will, under his direction, take the high 
 character which you desire for it, and which I sincerely hope it will 
 acquire. 
 
 JOHN CONOLLY, M.D., 
 
 CoMSDLTiNO Physician to the IIanweli. Ahvmtm.