country, the numberin private asylums has, since 1858, increased 
2 per cent., whilst the number in pauper asylums has increased 82 
per cen eport of Lunacy Commissioners, Scotland, 1880.) 
os England from 1858 to 1879 the numbe 
Beard, New York, whils ts discussing the 
augmentation of the ioataed of the insane, and the fpvieegican 
of novel soar and forms of insanity, says, “Insanity is a 
_ of the cost of liberty—it is a tax on our sient: Where the sane 
= oppressed, the number of the ne has never been large. © 
dieorrin b Aalkacthy: 
t is, however, to some _ ,eamoring to know asi increase 
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