ABSTRACT
A perfect asylum a Utopia—Belief of the inadequate provisions for the cure of the insane in asylums, general—Character of the physician—Benevolence, conscientiousness, courage—Intellectual qualifications—Site of an asylum—It may contribute to the cure of the inmates—Construction of the building—Size of apartments—Night-classification—Houses of one story—Dormitories—Night-keepers—Portion of asylum fireproof—Padding of walls—Heating the apartments by the circulation of hot water—Clothing—Airing-grounds—Shrubberies—Gardens—Farm-employment of patients—Payment for labour—Classification—Religious worship and instruction—Fallacies in moral treatment—Dancing—Voisin’s and Esquirol’s establishments—Asylum at Sonnenstein—Library—Asylums at Naples, at Hartford, United States—Visit to an asylum as it ought to be.
