Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital, for the Year 1837 In relation t0'the importance of a thorough, persevering trial in cases of considerable duration and which resist immediate treat ment, it is a subject of congratulation that we probably are enabled generally to make a fuller trial than formerly. The public is more aware of the successful results which have not unfrequently crowned persevering efforts, and the establishment and repeated enlargement of that noble institution, the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester for the relief of those'whose means are exhausted or limited, has doubtless prevented the placing of many individuals with us, the length of whose residence would from necessity be too contracted for an adequate trial of the usual remedial means. We have had the satisfaction of returning to their friends entirely restored, several interesting individuals in whom no apparent im provement was manifested after many months' residence; one of whom particularly may be instanced, a young mechanic whose mother, a widow in moderate circumstances, persevered an entire year without his being to a superficial observer any nearer resto ration, and was on the point of abandoning all hope, when the generous interposition of a mercantile firm of the same vicinity secured his residence here another quarter, which resulted in his entire recovery. 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.