JANE TAYLOR,

Aged twenty-nine, admitted in 1819. This poor young woman, when

admitted, was in a very low state of dejection and melancholy. She

had been employed as a wet-nurse, in the family of the Hon. H. G.

Bennett, at whose instance, when her malady appeared confirmed, she

was sent here. She continued in this low state for twelve months after

her admission, without any change for the better, and was then deemed

incurable. Shortly afterwards she became violent and abusive to all

about her, especially to the matron. She has frequently been very

mischievous, breaking the windows, and tearing her own clothes into

the smallest fragments. Amongst the other illusions of her fancy,

she has fallen in love with the physician, Sir George Tuthill. She

says she cannot account for this feeling, but she loves him, even to

distraction. She is married, has had two children, was formerly a young

woman of good character, and of late has conducted herself quietly.

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