On the State of Lunacy and the
Legal Provision for the Insane
ON THE STATE OF LUNACY AND
THE LEGAL PROVISION FOR THE
INSANE, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND ORGANIZATION OF ASYLUMS.
BY JOHN T. ARLIDGE, M.B., A.B. (Lond.), LICENTIATE
OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; ASSOCIATE OF
KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON; PHYSICIAN TO THE WEST OF LONDON HOSPITAL; FORMERLY MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF ST.
LUKE’S HOSPITAL, AND PHYSICIAN TO THE SURREY DISPENSARY,
ETC.
LONDON: JOHN CHURCHILL, NEW BURLINGTON
STREET. 1859.
PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT,
FLEET STREET.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL
OF SHAFTESBURY, CHAIRMAN OF THE
COMMISSION OF LUNACY, WHOSE LONG-CONTINUED
AND UNTIRING EFFORTS IN BEHALF OF THE INSANE HAVE
EARNED FOR HIM THE HIGHEST ESTEEM AND ADMIRATION OF ALL
WHO FEEL INTERESTED IN THE WELFARE OF THAT CLASS OF THE AFFLICTED, THIS TREATISE IS, BY
PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY HIS LORDSHIP’S MOST OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, THE AUTHOR.