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each apartment, The rooms occupied by
the patients will be ventilated by means
! of small Aues passing up through the bo'
Idy Of the inner walls, and terminating 10
the attic story, which is to be further ven.
tilated by open sky lights in the roof.
BY this economical arrangement, the
air in each story Of the wings can be reg
ulated to any desirable point Of heat, at
all seasons Of the year, and the unhappy
patient, who IS deprived of reason, and
cannot be trusted with fire, will, at all
times, enjoy au agreeable temperature in
perfect security. The dining rooms in
the centre building are, also to be fitted
up with the same security as the patients
rooms 10 the wings, and when not occupi
ed at meal times, may be used as day
rooms, by certain class Of harmless pa
ifents. These roous, together with the
centre edlfice, will also be warmed by
means ofa large furnace placed in the
centre Of the basement. If necessary,
they can occasionally receive supply Of
heated air, from the apparatus in the
wings. Occupying the rear Of the first,
second and third stories ofthe centre bull
ding, these several apartments are, of
course, situated Immediately over part
Of the Kitchen, ia the basement, from
which the food for The different classes Of
patients will be distributed TO their seve.
raj dining rooms, by means Of sliding
closets, to be elevated through an open
perpendicular space, by simple machine.
ry for that purpose.
In the medical and moral treatment OF
the insane, one of the most valuable i'm.
proVements consists in the iudicious sepa
ration of the patients into distinct & ap
propriate classes. This great object will
be accomplished in The Lunatic Asylum
of Ohio in the most perfect manner. Each
hall IN the wings will have a separate
stareway, leading into an outer court
yard containing about one third of an
acre. Into these yards each separate class
will have ingress and egyess as entirely
disconnected with others as if they lived
indifferent buildings. At the same time,
the whole body of the patients being ex-
cluded from the centre edIfice, the officers
Of the institution will be enabled to regu.
late all salutary visitations, while they
can also protect the miserable inmates
from the idle gaze of a vain and improper
curiosity.
Each class of patients will be provided
with convenient BATHTNG-RooM, WASH
ROOM and WATER CLOSET, and the differ
ent classes will at all times he under the
immediate supervision ofreguIar keepers
who will also be furnished with coaveni
eEt and comfortable apartments,
Ia an establishment Of the kind under
consideration, convenient and abun
dant supply ofwaler will always be iadis
pensible. This will be furnished from
large reservoirs placed in the garret Of
each wing. They will be filed by force
pumps, to be worked by the patients
themselves, and the water distributed by
means Of small pipes through every part
Of The building when required for use.
In addition 10 The main edifce, one
small detached building will be required
at a future time, for the accommodation Of
/ violent and noisy patients ofeach sex.
The site for the Asylum is In the imme
date vicinity Of this CITY, about one mile
in north east direction from the State
House; the grounds are within full view
and command handsome prospect Of the
surrounding country. 1t contains thirty
acres Of laad purchased at S66 per acre,
amounting to $l960. The expense ol
erecting the building, as calculated by an
experienced architect, will be $40,767,
about $4,000 of which, II is estimated
may bo saved by the labour Of the con-
victs in the Penitehtiary, i f their labor
can be so employed.
The workmanship Of the interior of The
edihce is calculated TO be plain but sub
stantial, and no more embelishmen! oI
the exterior than good taste, in so large
building, would seem to require.
An important measure towards the sue
cessful treatment Of insanity, is the prop
er location of the Asylum. 1t should be
so situated as to enable the Patients in
certain states of disease, 10 have ready
access to objects and scenes that may in
terest them and such as are calculated tc
induce new train of thought, and con
sequent change in the operations of the
mind, Solitude not only disposes to il
sanity, but enables the mud when derar
ged, to dwell upon the original cause o.
alienation, and thereby to perpetuate tht
disease ITSELF In recs0t, or violent ca
ses Of Mania, the location is not materia
the patients in such cases, require NOR
} active medical treatment, and need n,
other Accommodations, aud we'll ventilated
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