The Trial of Ebenezer Haskell, in Lunacy, and His Acquittal Before Judge Brewster, in November, 1868, Together with a Brief Sketch of the Mode of Treatment of Lunatics in Difference Asylums in this Country and in England: With Illustrations, Including a Copy of Hogarth's Celebrated Painting of a Scene in Old Bedlam, in London, 1635E. Haskell, 1869 - 126 páginas |
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... matters concerning the right of every freeman to his personal liberty : and therefore , on this score , feel but little diffidence in presenting my work to their con- sideration . Having also had considerable personal experience in the ...
... matters concerning the right of every freeman to his personal liberty : and therefore , on this score , feel but little diffidence in presenting my work to their con- sideration . Having also had considerable personal experience in the ...
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... matters , when he talked about his imprison- ment , and about the steamers he was eager and excited . Don't know his manner before he came there first time . I thought he was improving . First tme he told me he came from the Alms House ...
... matters , when he talked about his imprison- ment , and about the steamers he was eager and excited . Don't know his manner before he came there first time . I thought he was improving . First tme he told me he came from the Alms House ...
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... matters . I think it better for him and his family , that he should be confined , and that Haskell is not of sound mind in comparison to the average of men . Doctor S. Butler . - I had charge of Insane Department of Alms- house from ...
... matters . I think it better for him and his family , that he should be confined , and that Haskell is not of sound mind in comparison to the average of men . Doctor S. Butler . - I had charge of Insane Department of Alms- house from ...
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... matters and difficulties with her husband . She said she would like to join with her husband , but was afraid of the enmity of James Henry Horn . She said she did not know how much her father left , or how much she was entitled to , or ...
... matters and difficulties with her husband . She said she would like to join with her husband , but was afraid of the enmity of James Henry Horn . She said she did not know how much her father left , or how much she was entitled to , or ...
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... matter of his wife signing a paper . From that commenced this hostility to wife and family ; then commenced this tirade ; before that everything went on harmoniously . Was violent against his family , the same as on other subjects . Was ...
... matter of his wife signing a paper . From that commenced this hostility to wife and family ; then commenced this tirade ; before that everything went on harmoniously . Was violent against his family , the same as on other subjects . Was ...
Términos y frases comunes
7th Ward aforesaid Alderman alleged Almshouse bandages Bethlehem Hospital Birkey Blockley Almshouse Board Butler cause cell certificate chained charge charity Commissioners Commonwealth confined Corbitt counsel Court death defendant deprived discharged disease dollars E.Haskell Ebenezer Haskell escape evidence excited friends George W Girard governors H. R. Warriner habeas corpus Hanwell Asylum Henry Haskell Henry Horn Hippocrates human insane asylum insane department insane persons institution John JOHN BUCK John Conolly Jones Judge Brewster jury keeper Kirkbride Kirkbride's letter liberty lunacy lunatic mad-houses maliciously and corruptly ment mind never opinion Paine patients Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia physician Pine street plaintiff poor present Preston Jones prisons received reform restraint sane sanity Section sons Stephen Girard superintendent taken Thomas Thomas Paine thousand told treatment trial verdict wife William Haskell witnesses writ of habeas
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Página 75 - These are the times that try men's souls : The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Página 75 - O! ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose not only the tyranny but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the Globe. Asia and Africa have long expelled her. Europe regards her like a stranger, and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.
Página 23 - The true test lies in the word ' power.' Has the defendant in a criminal case the power to distinguish right from wrong, and the power to adhere to the right and avoid the wrong V
Página 38 - Said board may adopt a seal, and may adopt such by-laws, rules, and regulations for the transaction of the business of the board and the government and management of its affairs, not inconsistent with the laws of this State and of the United States, as it may deem expedient.
Página 69 - ... without any fraud or further delay, then the above obligation to be void. or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.
Página 76 - I am in hopes you will find us returned generally to sentiments worthy of former times. In these it will be your glory to have steadily labored, and with as much effect as any man living. That you may long live to continue your useful labors, and to reap their reward in the thankfulness of nations, is my sincere prayer.
Página 36 - ... on statement, in writing, of any respectable person, that a certain' person is insane, and that the welfare of himself, or of others, requires his restraint, it shall be the duty of the judge to appoint, immediately, a commission, who shall inquire into and report upon, the facts of the case.
Página 85 - Thompson still lives at about the same age, cheerful, slender as a grasshopper, and so much without memory that he scarcely recognizes the members of his household. An intimate friend of his called on him not long since; it was difficult to make him recollect who he was, and, sitting one hour, he told him the same story four times over. Is itii life?
Página 86 - When one by one our ties are torn, And friend from friend is snatched forlorn, When man is left alone to mourn, Oh ! then how sweet it is to die ! When trembling limbs refuse their weight, And films slow gathering dim the sight. When clouds obscure the mental light 'T is nature's kindest boon to die ! I really think so.
Página 35 - On a written statement being addressed by some respectable person to any high judicial officer, that a certain person, then confined in a hospital for the insane, is not insane, and is thus unjustly deprived of his liberty, the judge, at his discretion, shall appoint a commission of not less than three, nor more than four persons, one of whom, at least, shall be a physician, and another a lawyer, who shall hear such evidence as may be offered touching the merits of the case, and, without summoning...