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Continued Wednesday 30th. April 1783.
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the Case will admit of Relief and sometimes in a few
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Months Health and reason are restored. Nor does the Care
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of the Governors Cease when the recovered Lunatic is
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dismissed from the Hospital. At the time of Discharge he is
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Interrogated as to the treatment which he has received and if
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he has had Cause of Complaint required to declare it. He is
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encouraged to apply Occasionally to the Medical Officer who
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gives him such Advice and Medicines as are proper to
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prevent a Relapse and if it shod. appear that his Circumstances
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are particularly distressing the Treasurer and Physician
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Possess a discretionary Power to relieve him with a small
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Sum of Money at his Departure
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Happy is it for the Individual for his Friends and
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for Society when thus the Divine blessing gives Efficacy to
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the means used for his Restoration. The wishes of the
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benevolent are gratified and the success of the Institution is
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so far Compleat How then must we lament the Case of the
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Incurable Lunatic dismissed from the Protection to which he
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had Accustomed and thrown apon his distressed unfortunate
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Friends. The hopes Indeed of his return to his Asylum
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are not entirely Cut off but the Prospect of it is too remote to
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Allocate in any Degree present sufferings. A long period
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must Elapse before he can e readmitted In the mean time the
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frantie maniac and the desponding Lunatic must be secured
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from doing Violence to themselves and others. The lowest
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Annual Expence in those Houses where Parish Objects are
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maintained exceeds Twenty Pounds where the forlorn Being
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is supported by his Friends the Expenditure searce ever
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falls short of Thirty. The feeling and Considerate Mind
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