_6th June 1821._
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Having visited this establishment, we are desirous of expressing the entire satisfaction which we received from observing the good order, cleanliness, and arrangement, which appears to subsist in the whole establishment.
CARLISLE, THOS. GRENVILLE.
_20th June 1821._
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Having been this day favoured with a complete investigation of the interior of this hospital, I have great pleasure in recording the gratification I experienced, in observing the extreme neatness and order of the whole establishment. I cannot help expressing my surprise at the total absence of those disagreeable instances of coercion, to which I looked forward with no little impression of fear on my entrance.
R. L. GWATKIN.
_28th June 1821._
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Having visited and inspected this establishment, we feel the utmost satisfaction in seeing the order, cleanliness, and comfort of the patients, which appears impossible to be exceeded.
HANS SLOAN, WM. SLOAN, CHAS. FREEMAN.
_5th July 1821._
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We are particularly struck with the cleanliness of all the rooms, the excellent food for the unfortunate individuals, and the kindness shewn to them.
VICOUNTESS MIDDLETON, MARIA MIDDLETON.
_20th July 1821._
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I have this day passed through the different apartments of this excellent and magnificent establishment, and am exceedingly pleased with the entire management. To me it appears to do equal honour to the public and private munificence of the nation, and to the talents and industry of those who administer it.
CHAS. CALDWELL, United States.
_27th July 1821._
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It is impossible to express too strongly the favourable impression which has been made upon us by the view of this establishment.
J. CALCRAFT, G. H. CALCRAFT.
_1st August 1821._
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His Serene Highness the reigning Duke of Saxe Meiningen visited, on the 2d August 1821, and expressed himself highly pleased with the establishment.
EDWARD HALL.
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It appears to me that nothing is wanting in the hospital I have just inspected that would be likely to contribute to the comfort of the unfortunate persons who have been placed within it, either in the hope of cure, or for the purpose of keeping them from injuring others or themselves.
WM. NECK.
_23d August 1821._
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I have visited several hospitals for the same malady, in France and Italy, and have never seen any that equalled this, in perfect cleanliness and arrangement, or came near it in the curative system adopted.
A. W. BERRY.
_14th Sept. 1821._
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It was with extreme satisfaction that I visited the hospital this day, and found many essential improvements since I was last here, well calculated towards assisting the comforts of its unfortunate inhabitants.
AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, Duke of Sussex.
_28th Sept. 1821._
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I have been most highly gratified in visiting this hospital, in which every possible attention is paid to the comfort, security, and the recovery of the patients.
J. BLISS, M.D.
_3d Oct. 1821._
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“If ye do not believe, come and see.”
GEORGE LING.
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No institution of this kind can be better conducted than this, nor can greater attention be paid to the comforts and cleanliness of the unhappy patients.
T. I. WATERWORTH, Surgeon.
_4th Oct. 1821._
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I have just been over this excellently conducted building, and only say, that every thing I have beheld is calculated to delight the beholder, and to impress him with the idea, that those who are living here, must be as happy and comfortable as their misfortunes will allow.
G. N. MACKMURDO.
_11th Oct. 1821._
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It is impossible to pass too high an encomium upon the exemplary and admirable conduct of the governors and officers of this important and highly valuable institution; and, to a feeling mind, it is delightful to see the comfort and consolation which is administered to the patients. In the names of those who have accompanied me, I beg to subscribe our particular approbation and admiration of every regulation in the establishment, offering our best wishes for the success of its intentions.
T. R. DIXON.
_18th Oct. 1821._
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I have been much pleased at seeing the mild treatment in this institution, and the regulations as well as the liberal allowance of food for the patients.
GEO. AINSLIE.
_18th Oct. 1821._
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I cannot express in adequate terms my admiration of the manner in which this institution is conducted, and never could have conceived it possible to have managed the subjects of so dreadful a malady with so little restraint.
J. T. GIRAUD, Surgeon, Feversham, Kent. T. GREENAWAY, Jun.
_1st Nov. 1821._
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The extreme order, cleanliness, comfort, and humanity which are evident in every part of this excellent institution, redound very highly to the credit of those who have the management of the patients.
J. C. BADELAY, M.B., Caius College, Cambridge.
_9th Nov. 1821._
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Having viewed the hospital with attention this day, I offer my humble testimony to the accuracy with which every part of the establishment is conducted, and profess my highest respect for those who give it their care and time.
HENRY HALFORD, M.D.
_19th Nov. 1821._
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We, the undersigned, have great pleasure in adding our testimony of approbation, as to the cleanliness and humane treatment, and great regularity which are so evident through every part of this hospital.
ENGLISH DOLBEN, Baronet of England. JOHN SMALE, M.D. A. ROGGE, SAM. BARR, &c. &c.
_6th Dec. 1821._
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We cannot sufficiently testify the gratification we feel at the comfortable situation in which every person is here placed, and the kindness and attention that are shewn to them. The cleanliness of the whole house, the excellence of their provisions, cannot be too highly approved of.
FRED. W. CAMPBELL, ARTHUR C. ONSLOW.
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I have had the pleasure of seeing over this excellent establishment, and it would not be just if I did not record this as a testimony, that it is conducted with the greatest degree of humanity and care, and highly to be praised for the cleanliness of every department of it.
JONATHAN JACKSON, Retreat, York.
_26th Jan. 1822._
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The institution is in such order as to induce expressions of satisfaction from all those who visit.
T. W. GOODWYN.
_9th Feb. 1822._
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The undersigned this day visited Bethlem Hospital, and not only felt highly gratified at the state in which he found every thing connected therewith, but perfectly astonished at the extraordinary degree of cleanliness which prevails throughout.
THOS. C. WARNER.
_26th Feb. 1822._
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Every thing appears to us conducted in the best manner, in cleanliness and in every other respect, and we see nothing on which to suggest an improvement.
H. NEALE, G. T. STAUNTON.[14]
_18th March 1822._
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I have felt the greatest satisfaction in being permitted to visit this institution, which appears most admirably regulated, and in all its detail quite perfect.
JOHN TUCKER, Lieut.-Col.
_23d March 1822._
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I have experienced the greatest satisfaction in my visit through the different wards of this hospital, and am very much gratified by the cleanliness so universally observed.
JOHN A. PARIS, M.D.
_20th April 1822._
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I have visited this establishment, and have been struck with the extreme cleanliness, comfort, and attention which pervades the whole, and have in no part of the world ever seen any hospital or establishment which can compare with it in any way.
ALVANLEY.
_20th April 1822._
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We have had great satisfaction in witnessing the high degree of order, cleanliness, and attention that prevails in every department of the establishment of this hospital.
RALPH WOODFORD, STEPHEN WOOLRICHE.
_17th May 1822._
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I have been highly pleased with the cleanliness, attention, and treatment, and with pleasure add my testimony to that effect.
JAS. ADAMS, Surgeon.
_23d May 1822._
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We, the undersigned, do fully approve of the arrangements of this house, and the treatment of the different patients, thinking the whole arrangement superior to any other establishment we have seen.
BEN. RIDGE, Surgeon. C. G. STEWART MONTEATH, W. F. BALLY,