Proceedings of the Court of Annual General Session For the County Palatine of Lancaster, holden on the first day of June, 1841, with the reports of committees, the physician to the county lunatic asylum, the keepers of lancaster castle, and of the several houses of correction, and the memorials, papers, and communications, presented to the court...
Preston.
Printed by Addisons, 1841.
8vo.
258pp, [2]. With a folding table. Original publisher's limp green cloth, stamped in blind, supralibros of the County of Lancaster. Lightly rubbed, marked, sunned. Internally clean and crisp.
An apparently unrecorded edition of the annual report of the general session of the court of the County Palatine of Lancaster, including record of payments for the maintenance of the county lunatic asylum.
The Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum opened in 1816 following the 1808 County Asylums Act. Though conceived to accommodate approximately 160 patients, demand swiftly necessitated expansion of the site, resulting in a total capacity in excess of 600 by the mid-century. The Institution proved highly influential on the care of mentally ill patients, championing innovative treatments and abolishing abusive custodial practices including the use of mechanical restraints.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 33107
The Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum opened in 1816 following the 1808 County Asylums Act. Though conceived to accommodate approximately 160 patients, demand swiftly necessitated expansion of the site, resulting in a total capacity in excess of 600 by the mid-century. The Institution proved highly influential on the care of mentally ill patients, championing innovative treatments and abolishing abusive custodial practices including the use of mechanical restraints.
