A Manual of Psychological Medicine, by J.C. Bucknill and D.H. Tuke

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: dence rented by him for the patient, his order, as above, is sufficient for the lunatic's reception (see Fry's ' Lunacy Acts/ p. 28). 3. As regards visitation of the patient under the care of a Committee, the Lord Chancellor can at any time direct a Com- 7nissioner or other person to visit him and report (8, 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 112). But the ordinary visitation consists of the visit of one of the Chancery Visitors four times a year?the interval between each visit not exceeding four months (25, 26 Vic. c. 80, s. 19, 20). VI. Payments for visiting lunatics in special cases.?1. If the Lord Chancellor or the Home Secretary employ a person not a Commissioner in Lunacy to inspect or inquire into the state of any asylum, hospital, gaol, house, or place wherein any lunatic is confined, and to report to him the result of such inspection, he may be paid such sum of money as shall seem reasonable to the Lord Chancellor or the Home Secretary, as well as travelling and other expenses incurred while so employed (8, 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 113). 2. If a person has the charge of a lunatic for whom he receives no profit, the Lunacy Acts do not require medical certificates or any legal supervision, but the Lord Chancellor or Home Secretary may at any time, by an order in writing directed to the Commissioners or to any other person, require the person so addressed, to examine such lunatic and to report (8, 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 92); and payment for the trouble is to be reasonable in addition to travelling and other expenses (16,17 Vic. c. 96, s. 33). 3. Examination of a pauper. See p. 11, No. 7 and p. 17. Schedule (F) No. 1. ORDER FOR THE RECEPTION OF A PAUPER PATIENT. I, C. D. (in the case of a single Justice of the Peace, or in the case of two Justices, or of a Clergyman and Relieving Off...