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<p n="1050">Continued Wednesday 30th. April 1783.</p>
<p n="1051">the Case will admit of Relief and sometimes in a few<lb></lb>
Months Health and reason are restored. Nor does the Care<lb></lb>
of the Governors Cease when the recovered Lunatic is<lb></lb>
dismissed from the Hospital. At the time of Discharge he is<lb></lb>
Interrogated as to the treatment which he has received and if<lb></lb>
he has had Cause of Complaint required to declare it. He is<lb></lb>
encouraged to apply Occasionally to the Medical Officer who<lb></lb>
gives him such Advice and Medicines as are proper to<lb></lb>
prevent a Relapse and if it shod. appear that his Circumstances<lb></lb>
are particularly distressing the Treasurer and Physician<lb></lb>
Possess a discretionary Power to relieve him with a small<lb></lb>
Sum of Money at his Departure</p>
<p n="1052">Happy is it for the Individual for his Friends and<lb></lb>
for Society when thus the Divine blessing gives Efficacy to<lb></lb>
the means used for his Restoration. The wishes of the<lb></lb>
benevolent are gratified and the success of the Institution is<lb></lb>
so far Compleat How then must we lament the Case of the<lb></lb>
Incurable Lunatic dismissed from the Protection to which he<lb></lb>
had Accustomed and thrown apon his distressed unfortunate<lb></lb>
Friends. The hopes Indeed of his return to his Asylum<lb></lb>
are not entirely Cut off but the Prospect of it is too remote to<lb></lb>
Allocate in any Degree present sufferings. A long period<lb></lb>
must Elapse before he can e readmitted In the mean time the<lb></lb>
frantie maniac and the desponding Lunatic must be secured <lb></lb>
from doing Violence to themselves and others. The lowest<lb></lb>
Annual Expence in those Houses where Parish Objects are<lb></lb>
maintained exceeds Twenty Pounds where the forlorn Being<lb></lb>
is supported by his Friends the Expenditure searce ever<lb></lb>
falls short of Thirty. The feeling and Considerate Mind</p>
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