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Excerpt from Legislation on Insanity, a Collection of All the Lunacy Laws of the States and Territories of the United States to the Year 1883, Inclusive: Also, the Laws of England on Insanity, Legislation in Canada on Private Houses, and Important Portions of the Lunacy Laws of Germany, France, Etc <p>I may, at this point, refer, with propriety, to a few instances of distressing injustice in this State, which could not have cc curred under a more enlightened system of legislation, and a more just and generous appreciation of the question by hos pital managers or superintendents. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.