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Ref NoDEP/POR/5/17/2
Acc No2013/163
TitleExtracts from papers [newspaper cuttings relating to insanity]
Date1841-1853
TermWorkhouse
Asylum
Description Of ItemFrom the collection of Richard Poole. The cuttings are on cases of insanity; advertisement for the Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum with a list of contributions; letters on lunatics; town council proceedings relative to the Charity Workhouse; meeting of Middlesex magistrates on the use of restraint; report of a visit to Montrose Asylum; and notice creating a body corporate for the Royal Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary and Dispensary of Montrose.
Extent1 bundle
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