Of those now living, comparatively few have the faintest conception of either the nature or the in tensity of that struggle, the desperate efforts made to escape exposure and evade surrender, and the brilliant onslaught made upon long-established abuses. The languid interest now felt in the stirring events of that period (1792-1815) by the general public, and even many medical men, is not a little surprising, seeing that one in every three hundred of the population suffers from mental disorder and has good reason to be thankful that he is not lying in a dark cell on straw.