Project Gutenberg 2013-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 161 Arlidge, J. T. (John Thomas) 1822 1899 Arlidge, John Thomas On the State of Lunacy and the Legal Provision for the Insane With Observations on the Construction and Organization of Asylums Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "On the State of Lunacy and the Legal Provision for the Insane" by J. T. Arlidge is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. This treatise explores the condition of the insane and the adequacy of legal provisions and institutions designed to support them. Arlidge aims to highlight the gaps in the existing frameworks, including the inadequacies of asylums and the implications of neglecting this vulnerable population. At the start of the book, the author elaborates on the pressing issues surrounding the legal and societal treatment of the insane, particularly in light of a recent parliamentary inquiry into lunacy laws. He discusses the alarming increase in the number of individuals classified as insane and critiques the current state of asylum care, which he believes often fails to provide adequate support and treatment. The opening chapters lay the groundwork for a comprehensive examination of statistics and conditions faced by the insane, asserting the importance of reform in their treatment and legal oversight, and setting the stage for the detailed discussions to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44320/44320-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 35.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Psychiatric hospitals -- Great Britain Psychiatric epidemiology Mental health services -- Great Britain Insanity (Law) -- Great Britain Mentally ill -- Care -- Great Britain Psychology, Pathological -- Epidemiology KD Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Health & Medicine Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Law & Criminology 705029 2025-07-18T04:02:54.897025 text/html 680433 2024-10-23T20:06:34 text/html 283638 2025-07-18T04:03:00.981979 application/epub+zip 290309 2025-07-18T04:02:55.732034 application/epub+zip 290309 2025-07-18T04:02:55.310059 application/epub+zip 481659 2025-07-18T04:03:05.396036 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430539 2025-07-18T04:03:00.551016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430876 2022-09-20T08:19:20.018978 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 653375 2025-07-18T04:02:54.210040 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 633451 2024-10-23T20:06:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18802 2025-07-18T04:03:05.530968 application/rdf+xml 9968 2025-07-18T04:02:55.397044 image/jpeg 1957 2025-07-18T04:02:55.354018 image/jpeg 275763 2025-07-18T04:02:54.948015 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog