Continued Wednesday 30th. April 1783.

the Case will admit of Relief and sometimes in a few
Months Health and reason are restored. Nor does the Care
of the Governors Cease when the recovered Lunatic is
dismissed from the Hospital. At the time of Discharge he is
Interrogated as to the treatment which he has received and if
he has had Cause of Complaint required to declare it. He is
encouraged to apply Occasionally to the Medical Officer who
gives him such Advice and Medicines as are proper to
prevent a Relapse and if it shod. appear that his Circumstances
are particularly distressing the Treasurer and Physician
Possess a discretionary Power to relieve him with a small
Sum of Money at his Departure

Happy is it for the Individual for his Friends and
for Society when thus the Divine blessing gives Efficacy to
the means used for his Restoration. The wishes of the
benevolent are gratified and the success of the Institution is
so far Compleat How then must we lament the Case of the
Incurable Lunatic dismissed from the Protection to which he
had Accustomed and thrown apon his distressed unfortunate
Friends. The hopes Indeed of his return to his Asylum
are not entirely Cut off but the Prospect of it is too remote to
Allocate in any Degree present sufferings. A long period
must Elapse before he can e readmitted In the mean time the
frantie maniac and the desponding Lunatic must be secured
from doing Violence to themselves and others. The lowest
Annual Expence in those Houses where Parish Objects are
maintained exceeds Twenty Pounds where the forlorn Being
is supported by his Friends the Expenditure searce ever
falls short of Thirty. The feeling and Considerate Mind