[35] It is a painful recollection to recur to the number of interesting females I have seen, who, after having suffered a temporary disarrangement of mind, and undergone the brutal operation of spouting, in private receptacles for the insane, have been restored to their friends without a front tooth in either jaw. Unfortunately the task of forcing patients to take food or medicines is consigned to the rude hand of an ignorant and unfeeling servant: it should always be performed by the master or mistress of the mad-house, whose reputations ought to be responsible for the personal integrity of the unhappy beings committed to their care.
[36] Dr. Cox.
[37] See Dr. Cox’s Advertisement prefixed to his book.
[38] Vide Report from the select committee appointed to enquire into the state of lunatics, page 25.
[39] Remarks on Dr. Batties’ Treatise on Madness.
[40] See Dr. Cox, page 102.
[41] Dr. Cox, p. 61.