The Cure of the Feeble-Minded: Royal Commission Embarks from Liverpool: The Royal Commission on the cure and control of the feeble-minded leaves Liverpool on Saturday the well-known Cunard steamer Etruria. The Commission is constituted of the following members: – Mr. W. P. Bryne, C.B. Commissioner; Mr. H. B. Donkin, M.D., Mr. W. H. Dickinson, Mrs. Pinsent, Dr. James, C. Dunlop etc. 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 lunacy Great Britain has recently loomed much on 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