...taking advantage of their unhappy condition, and drawing them into unreasonable bargains; that few of them are so sensible of their condition as to submit...in the same deplorable state during their lives." These efforts were successful, and on February 11, 1752, a hospital was formally opened for " the relief...

...taking advantage of their unhappy condition, and drawing them into unreasonable bargains — that few of them are so sensible of their condition as to submit...in the same deplorable state during their lives." The House is requested to aid in founding a small provincial hospital for these and other persons labouring...

...unreasonable bargain, etc. "That few or none of them are sensible of their condition, as to sub. mit voluntarily to the treatment their respective cases...been found by the experience of many years that above two-thirds of the mad people received into Bethlehem Hospital and there treated properly have been...

...ill and deserve, as well as profit by, treatment. The petition sets forth in its third paragraph : " That few or none of them are so sensible of their...in the same deplorable State during their Lives." Here is an ancient record of the conviction of the desirability of voluntary application and of the...

...ill and deserve, as well as profit by, treatment. The petition sets forth in its third paragraph : " That few or none of them are so sensible of their...in the same deplorable State during their Lives." Here is an ancient record of the conviction of the desirability of voluntary application and of the...

...distempered in mind and deprived of their mental faculties, hath greatly increased in this province, that few or none of them are so sensible of their...in the same deplorable state during their lives." The voluntary provision is found in 22 states varying from a truly workable law to one in which there...

...their unhappy Condition, and drawing them into unreasonable Bargains. That few or none of them are sensible of their Condition, as to submit voluntarily...continue in the same deplorable State during their Lives .... four Petitioners beg leave farther to represent, That the good Laws of the Province have made...

...continually wasting their Substance, to the great Injury of themselves and Families ; ill-disposed Persons wickedly taking Advantage of their unhappy...been found by the Experience of many Years that above Two-Thirds of the Mad VOL. xvi. — 7 People received into the Bethlehem Hospital, and there treated...

...unhappy condition, and drawing them into unreasonable Bargains, A •.-. " That few or none of them are sensible of their condition, as to submit voluntarily...been found by the Experience of many Years that above Two-Thirds of the Mad People received into Bethlehem Hospital and there treated properly have been...