Towns > Dundee > 1822 - Dundee delineated; or, A history and description of that town, its institutions, manufactures and commerce

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The plan was meant to be larger than tire pre-
sent building, the appearance of which is given iu
the plate. Besides the present building, wliich by
the plan was the one in the centre, two wings
were intended to be added. Of that, the funds of
the institution did not admit at the time ; but this
is the less to be regretted as the present central
building has in general been found sufficiently
capacious to accommodate the patients. The
printed regulations, and annual reports, which point
out the system of administration, and detail the
progressive usefulness, are sent to every contri-
butor.
From the Dispensary arose the Infirmary, and
from this last sprung up the Lunatic Asylum.
When the Infirmary had been properly arranged
and established, the attention of many of the con-
tributors was drawn to the state of those labouring
under mental derangement, who required a resi-
dence and treatment peculiar to their distressed
situation. This had likewise excited much inter-
est in other parts of the country ; and it was fond-
ly hoped that a proposal only required to be fairly-
stated to the community to ensure its sanction and
support, to establish an asylum for the comfort, re-
lief, and probable cure of persons suffering under
the most grievous of all calamities.
Upon the proposal being made, it succeeded be-
yond the most sanguine expectation. The public
bodies and inhabitants in town and country, the
neighbouring parishes, and many gentlemen from
a distance, came forward with the most liberal sup-
port. A donation of £500 was received from the