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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... taken for their protection . I only ask a calm , deliberate reading from my patrons , and have no anxiety or care as to the conclusions they may reach ; and should I but lift one stone upon the pillar of reform in these matters , I ...
... taken for their protection . I only ask a calm , deliberate reading from my patrons , and have no anxiety or care as to the conclusions they may reach ; and should I but lift one stone upon the pillar of reform in these matters , I ...
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... taken first to the Almshouse , and then , upon a certificate obtained by the statement of his sons , to an insane asylum . ” * “ If such proceedings can be tolerated , our constitutions and laws pro- fessing to guard human liberty are ...
... taken first to the Almshouse , and then , upon a certificate obtained by the statement of his sons , to an insane asylum . ” * “ If such proceedings can be tolerated , our constitutions and laws pro- fessing to guard human liberty are ...
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... taken , and lasted till the 28th of the same month , resulting in a verdict establishing the sanity of Ebenezer Haskell . A motion for a new trial , made immediately after the verdict was rendered , after a most able and exhaustive ...
... taken , and lasted till the 28th of the same month , resulting in a verdict establishing the sanity of Ebenezer Haskell . A motion for a new trial , made immediately after the verdict was rendered , after a most able and exhaustive ...
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... taken from his business against his consent , would be indignant and excite anger . I think a sane man would get quiet and try to get out as he did . He spoke about money matters , when he talked about his imprison- ment , and about the ...
... taken from his business against his consent , would be indignant and excite anger . I think a sane man would get quiet and try to get out as he did . He spoke about money matters , when he talked about his imprison- ment , and about the ...
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... taken to Kirkbride's . He was taken there without a certificate . They got my certificate for Kirkbride's . He pro- tested that he was not insane . Others ' opinions , and what his sons said , led me to believe him insane . Anger is a ...
... taken to Kirkbride's . He was taken there without a certificate . They got my certificate for Kirkbride's . He pro- tested that he was not insane . Others ' opinions , and what his sons said , led me to believe him insane . Anger is a ...
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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 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...