Punch,  42 (1862), 119.

Don't Confound the Parties

Anon

Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Spiritualism, Charlatanry, Imposture, Government, Mental Illness


    Distinguishes between the Commissioner on Lunacy, Samuel Warren, and the medium Charles H Forster, emphasising that the former guards the property of the insane while the latter takes it. Adds that although the commissioner 'visits lunatics', the medium 'is visited by them'.



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