The Cure of the Feeble Minded: Royal Commission Embarks from Liverpool: The Commission on the cure and control of the feeble-minded leaves Liverpool on Saturday by the well-known Cunard steamer Etruria. The Commission is constituted of the following members – Mr. W. P. Byrne, C.B., Commissioner; Mr. H. B. Donkin, M D.; Mr. W. H. Dickinson, Mrs. Pinsent, Dr. James C. Dunlop &. The Commission is proceeding to the United States in order to investigate the position of the American asylums and the work they are doing. The question of lunacy in Great Britain has recently loomed much at the front, and the Royal Commission this week embarking is investigating the methods of cure and other arrangements for unfortunate people of this description.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949