Excerpt from Familiar Views of Lunacy and Lunatic Life: With Hints on the Personal Care and Management of Those Who Are Afflicted With Temporary or Permanent Derangement The subject of mental disease, in relation to its his tory, causes, and the line of conduct which it may be expedient to adopt towards those who are unhappily labouring under its influence, is one which is acknow ledged to possess an interest both universal and permanent 5 yet it is a curious fact, that in these days, when information concerning other matters of importance has many easy and familiar modes of recommending itself to popular acceptance, the only way in which any special and continuous notice respecting this particular topic finds. Entrance into the world is in the pages of a medical treatise, journal, or hospital report, which do not meet the eye of the major part bf the community, or else of a Parliamentary blue-book, the distaste, to the perusal of which is so well established as to be almost pro. 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.