Observations on the structure of hospitals for the treatment of lunatics, and on the general principles on which the cure of insanity may be most successfully conducted : to which is annexed, an account of the intended establishment of a lunatic asylum at Edibnurgh [sic] : illustrated by five engravings.
Alternate Title(s):
Observations on hospitals, for the cure of insanity
Published / Created:
Edinburgh : Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. and sold by Archibald Constable & Co. Edinburgh; and by Constable, Hunger, Park, and Hunter, Booksellers, Ludgate-Hill, London, 1809.
Physical Description:
viii, [2], 80 p., [5] folded leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 27 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsRC450.S2 R81 1809+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Caption title: Observations on the structure of hospitals for the treatment of lunatics, &c. by Robert Reid, architect.Half-title: Observations on hospitals, for the cure of insanity.Engravings by Kirkwood & Sons; after Robert Reid."Observations on the general treatment of lunatics, as a branch of medical police, by Andrew Duncan": p. 13-29."Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the state of lunatics": p. 31-70."An account of the establishment of an asylum for lunatics lately erected near Bristol, by Ed. Long Fox": p. 71-80.BAC: British Art Center copy inscribed on front cover: For the Duke of Buccleugh. Has bound with it: Address to the public, respecting the establishment of a lunatic asylum at Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1806. Plates for this title are bound after the bound with. Building fund solicitation pamphlet, [4] p., laid in.
Subject Terms:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital. | Psychiatric hospitals -- Scotland. | Mental illness -- Treatment -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Buccleugh, Duke of -- Provenance. | James Ballantyne and Co. -- Printer. | Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Imprints -- Specimens -- 1809. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1809.
Contributors:
Duncan, Andrew, 1744–1828. | Fox, Edward Long, 1761–1835. | Reid, Robert, 1774–1856, ill. | Kirkwood & Sons, engraver.