Excerpt from Reform in the Treatment of the Insane: Early History of the Retreat, York; Its Objects and Influence, With a Report of the Celebrations of Its Centenary Of those now living, comparatively few have the faintest conception of either the nature or the in tensity of that struggle, the desperate efforts made to escape exposure and evade surrender, and the brilliant onslaught made upon long-established abuses. The languid interest now felt in the stirring events of that period (1792-1815) by the general public, and even many medical men, is not a little surprising, seeing that one in every three hundred of the population suffers from mental disorder and has good reason to be thankful that he is not lying in a dark cell on straw. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.