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Encyclopedia Britannica



GHEEL, or GEEL

This article appears in Volume V11, Page 919 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GEO-GNU
GHEEL, or GEEL , a town of Belgium, about 30 M. E. of Antwerp and in the same province. Pop. (1904) 14,087. It is remarkable on account of the colony of insane persons which has existed there for many centuries. The legend reads that in the year 600 Dymphna, an Irish princess, was executed here by her father, and in consequence of certain miracles she had effected she was canonized and made the patron saint of the insane. The old
Gothic
 
church
  is dedicated to her, and in the choir is a shrine, enclosing her
relics
 , with fine panel paintings representing incidents in her
life
  by, probably, a contemporary of Memling. The colony of the insane is established in the farms and houses round the little place within a circumference of 30 M. and is said to have existed since the 13th
century
 . This area is divided into four sections, each having a
doctor
  and a superintendent attached to it. The Gheel
system
  is regarded as the most humane method of dealing with the insane who have no homicidal tendencies, as it keeps up as
long
  as possible their
interest
  in
life
 .


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