Report of the Joint Select Committee on the Subject of a Lunatic and Orphan Asylum.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	North Carolina. General Assembly. Joint Select Committee on the Subject of a Lunatic and Orphan Asylum.
Imprint:	[Raleigh, North Carolina?] : [publisher not identified], [1840]
Description:	1 online resource (5 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	No. 15 Document (North Carolina. General Assembly) ; no. 15.
Subject:	Insane Asylum of North Carolina. Insane Asylum of North Carolina. Psychiatric hospitals -- North Carolina -- 19th century. Psychiatric hospitals. North Carolina.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11895596

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Varying Form of Title:	At head of title: Legislature of North Carolina, Raleigh, Dec. 12, 1840
Notes:	Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed May 23, 2019).
Summary:	1840 Report of the Joint Select Committee on the subject of a lunatic and orphan asylum, considering only that portion which relates to a lunatic asylum. After determining the numbers of potential sufferers, the costs and effectiveness of treatment in other asylums, the committee concluded that such an asylum for "lunatics" should be constructed. Moreover, the economics suggested that doing so would be advantageous given the alternative of using a hospital or the like.

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