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The prisoners' hidden life, or Insane asylums unveiled; as demonstrated by the report of the Investigating committee of the legislature of Illinois, together with Mrs. Packard's coadjutors' testimony
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
Paperback. RareBooksClub.com 2012-05-14.
ISBN 9781231699393
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 Excerpt: ...cannot be assuaged by judicious kind care, she should be allowed great latitude in seeking any way of relief her instincts might prompt. She has been most wantonly and thoughtlessly punished, being innocent, so that she is almost raving, under this insult and abuse of her moral nature addded to her physical sufferings. O, how I have heard her entreat Dr. McFarland to let her out of this place! his utter indifference to her cries only confirmed her in feeling, that this is a place of hopeless torment, from which she can never escape. Nor can it be right under any cirenmstances, to keep a human being in such a state of involuntary suffering, or to add to this suffering, state personal imprisonment. She has been allowed to visit her friends several times, within the ten years, and remains with them a few weeks or months, but the memory of the Asylum so haunts her, that its fear and dread are inseparable from her existence. This Institution should place an insuparable barrier to her entering it again; her friends ought to adopt her anew into the affections of their hearts, and make her feel sure that they will never again forsake, but cherish and love her as they would wish to be, in exchange of circumstances. But from Dr. Tenny's account I fear they cherish no such intention, but like other alienated perverted kindred, will feel justified in placing her here again; thus ridding themselves of a burden upon their care and attention. Rid of a burden! What can be more humiliating to a proud noble nature than to feel that they are looked upon as burdens by their friends such as they are willing to resign knowingly intoa state of hopeless unmitigated sorrow. O earth! earth! is there any spot in this great universe where human anguish is equal to what is experienced
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