Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-06-22

I, II is truth which cannot 10 too solemn
ly impressed upon tho publis, thar all the
means TO cure insanity viii, in vas, ma-
jority Of cases. prove unavailing. unless the
patient 10 removed TO an Asylum in the
frs, stage OF the disease. Iusaniiy is gee-
orally durable disease, and DOT one Of lbe
oppro6ria msdicoram. Its pathology is
now well understood, and under favorable
circumstances, it is Of easier management
than many affections coplesssdIy within
the power Of medical skill. The cases
generally presented hero are not of recen.
origin. Many have existed FOR years aud
al last, when all hope Of cure has vanish
they are brought for treatment. This great
error Of posiponsment. TO q cefiain extent
pervades all classes Of our community
The Committee know of one case where a
man of fortune was kept at ,lome for three
or four years in a condition Of perfect iu-
macy, before he was sent To tbs Asylum;
and Of another, also geniiemag, Of wealth,
who vas confncd like wild Beast for ten
years in o log house constructed for that
purpose. The vast Importance Of send
ing patients as early as possible 10 an Asy-
lun, is established most concl1sivcly by
The testimony Of Physicians aud Superin.
tepdents. and the statistical information to
be found in the Reports OF Europe aud this
country. In the Vermont Asylum, a.
Bratlieboro'. during the las. yesr, the per-
centnge ofrecoveries in recent eases Is near.
ly 81, and in chronic cases, SID. In the
State Hospital, at Worcester, Mass, the
per cent. In resen, cases, is so III, and in
old cases. i6 l.2. DR.. Bell, Of the Mclean
Asylum says, that Tho extraordinary pro.
portion of recoveriet 10 that Institution for
several years pas, IL based on the fact, lha,
almos, every case occurring with decided
manifestations, in every grade ofsociai po-
siiiou, is promptly submitted 10 Treatment.
AZ DR.. Whites private Asylum. at .Hud-
sou, New York, OF twenty recent cases las,
year, fifteen recovered. while of chronic
cases. only niue recovered. Thc Dircc-
tors OF the Ohio Lunatic Asylum a, Co.
lumbus say, that the importance of early
admission into the Asylum, canaoi be too
strongly impressed upon the pubic Bind.
The Superintendent Of the Western
Luuatic Asylum Of Virginia, deciareslhut
thirty were placed in the Institution within
twelve months OF the date Of their attack,
and Of the number, twenty Eve have been
restored. More than S3 per csui. Of all
recent cases have been cured. and only %
per cent. OF all cases. For the above
facts. we are indebted mainly to ihe Re-
por Of the Trustees Of the State Lunaiic
Asylum of New York, document replete
with information on the subjec, Of Luna
cy. 10 an interesting leue! Of DR.. Wilson
Of the B.oomiusdale Asylum to the Trus-
tees of the State Asylum of New York, we
perceive from one of the many valuable
iaoular statements furnished by him, thar
there were admitted into that Asylum,
from its foundation in 1928, 10 the eolse Of
the year lS4l. 1905 old cases, and 1865
recent cases, and thai Of the old Ill only
recovered, and Of tho recent 974. DR..
Earle. whose authority we have mornihan
once quoted. and who is ius'lu ea.:s.cd =
IT, iIrs- 70 iar e,JHtsy icrhls ircsf nsa.
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