_7th May 1821._
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After a careful inspection of the hospital, it is impossible to
withhold our expression of satisfaction at the order, cleanliness,
and arrangement, by which the personal comfort and health of the
individuals is secured, with so little personal restraint observed in
institutions of a similar nature.
B. BAURENCE,
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON,
PEVENSEY,
WM. DODSON,
P. T. MILDEMAY,
&c. &c. &c.
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Having had a full opportunity to pervade and explore the whole of this
most noble establishment, which I had visited twenty-eight years ago,
I think it a positive duty of mine to bear testimony of my having been
astonished to see how far this hospital has lately been improved, in
a great many respects, conducive most efficiently to the noble and
generous purpose for which it has been established; improvements which
are mostly due to the _actual_ superintendency of the eminently active,
and fully able medical gentlemen who are intrusted with it.
RPH. DUXELHAFER,
Conseiller d’Etat, de la Rep. de Berne.
_5th June 1821._
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This is the best establishment of the kind I have seen any where, and
comes as near the idea of perfection as I can conceive. I wish it may
be taken as a model in foreign countries, and especially in France,
where it is much wanted.