Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles

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DANIEL HACK TUKE, M.D., F.R.C.P.
PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, JOINT EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL OF MENTAL SCIENCE, AND FORMERLY VISITING PHYSICIAN TO THE YORK RETREAT
I might multiply these instances almost indefinitely, but I thought it was desirable just to indicate the state of things that existed, in order to contrast the Past with the Present. —Earl of Shaftesbury.
WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1882
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DEDICATED TO JONATHAN HUTCHINSON, F.R.S., PROFESSOR OF PATHOLOGY AND SURGERY, ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, ENGLAND, IN MEMORY OF A LONG FRIENDSHIP.