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Continued Wednesday
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30th. April 1783
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Henry Cranke
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. & the
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Governors of the Hospitals of
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The following Account of a
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Charity which they Conduct with
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no less Honour to themselves
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than benefit to the Public is
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respectfully inscribed by
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Their most Grateful and
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devoted Servant
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Thomas Bowen
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An Historical Account of the Origin
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Progress and Present State of Bethlem Hospital
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Those ancient Foundations which have been Esatablished
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in the
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by the numnficence of our Monarchs
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for the relief and Maintenance of the diseased Poor have
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always been Considered as objects worthy of Public support
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The Care of Indigent Lunatics is attended with peculiar
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difficulties and as much immediate evil must arise from the
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neglect of them, the Community cannot but be nearly interested
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in the Welfare and Prosperity of those Places which are
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Provided for their Reception It may not therefore be thought
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improfer to give some Account of the Origin progress and
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present State of Bethlem Hospital.
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owes its name & original
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Establishment to the Piety of a Citizen of
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Year 1247, in the 39th. of Henry he 3d.
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, influenced by the presenting superstition
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of the Age was desirous to found a Religious House Accordingly
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