I proceed, gentlemen, briefly to call your attention to the present state of insane persons confined within this Commonwealth, in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens! Chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience.

In two to three sentences, describe the conditions that people with mental illnesses endured, according to Dix's report.

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Josephine Allen

11 June, 03:10

I proceed, gentlemen, briefly to call your attention to the present state of insane persons confined within this Commonwealth, in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens! Chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience.

In two to three sentences, describe the conditions that people with mental illnesses endured, according to Dix's report.

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Pumpkin · Answer 1

The answer to your question is,

The people with mental illnesses endured many pains and tragedies. Seems as though some were often even killed. If they would not behave, they would get slashed with ropes, chained with chains, and even be shoved in a closeted area with barely any air.

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Teresa Hartman · Answer 2

People were treated badly.

People were held in cages, closets, and other inappropriate spaces.

People were whipped and beaten.

People were treated more like animals than like people.