...in a lengthy pamphlet, published after his appearance before the Select Committee, declaring that: Large Public Asylums for the Insane, are certainly...state of idleness in the company of incurable Lunatics nor can any medical treatment compensate for the defect of the system & the few that do recover is...

...disinterested. The burden of his complaint, however, echoed the concerns of less partial observers: Large Public Asylums for the Insane, are certainly...and a state of idleness in the company of incurable Lunatics.82 Others, indeed, were still more hostile to institutionalization. George Nesse Hill, author...