Excerpt from The Asylum Journal of Mental Science, 1856, Vol. 2: Published by Authority of the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane Seventh Report of the Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums in Ireland, with-appendices, presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 1855. Introductory Lecture to a Course of Lectures on the Patho logy and Treatment of Insanity, delivered at St. Luke's Hospital, in the months of May and June, 1855, by A. J Sutherland, M.D., Oxon. (continued) 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.