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I hear, is a general sentiment, that the reforms made
in this asylum for the sick do credit to it, Physician
and conductors - Experience of thirty years
practice may have afforded me some means of
judging of this house
Samuel Shaw

20th Febry. 1809.

Dr Benjn Waterhouse Cambridge
Dear sir
My visit the last autumn to the Marine
Hospital in Charlestown (Mass) under your immediate
direction, afforded me real satisfaction; finding as I did
that the medical duties, & the economy of the household
more attended & discharged with so much ability; in
a manner which evinced great care, prudence, and
sound discretion.

The cleanliness of the several appointments of the
linnen - cloathing - beds & furniture - the order & salutory
regulations of the rest & regimen of the patients, & household,
reflected much credit on the [Directors.]

The rules & orders you have adopted, appear
judicious, and well designed to preserve good order &
decorum; to afford relief & comfort to the afflicted subjects
of your charge; and to promote the general interests &
objects of the institution.

The professional duties attached to the office of