LETTER,

ADDRESSED

TO THE CHAIRMAN

OF THE

Select Committee of the House of Commons,

APPOINTED TO ENQUIRE INTO THE

STATE OF MAD-HOUSES:

TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED,

REMARKS ON THE NATURE, CAUSES, AND CURE
OF MENTAL DERANGEMENT.

By THOMAS BAKEWELL,

AUTHOR OF THE DOMESTIC GUIDE IN CASES OF INSANITY,' AND
KEEPER OF SPRING VALE ASYLUM, NEAR STONE,
STAFFORDSHIRE.

Stafford :

PRINTED BY J. DREWRY,

AND PUBLISHED BY C. CHESTER, NEWCASTLE.

SOLD ALSO BY

Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London.

1815.

JOHN SPARROW Esq. Visiting Magistrates
REV. THOMAS WHITBY, S

Physician,-DR. ASTBURY.

Surgeon, MR. FORSTER.

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