New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-14

proper srsndsrd-the number Of events, crcu 9,
aud conditions seen. i.t or perc.!veG-the aii ~
Measure enioyed and O. pain endured-the peop VI tie
present generation have existence OF pehOIu N"s!
duration thar their fOrctshers As II 'hs were uo'
enough th, mind is forced into acuV'y
ine with the new era Of art-Chdreu pelore 'ac oouy
- ,i-a en- Hirian, ton, or the brain sufficient firm
ness 70 endure much mental exerton win impunlty
are placed ia schools where the intellectual faculties are
unduly urged while the phy-cai exercise necessary 70
the due development OF the frame Is TOO often neglected.
Under such circumstances the head Will expand but the
body Cannot in size or vgor sufficiently 10 maintain
a balance of power
# the child escape the more immediate dangers thus
PRODUCED be arrives manhood with unnatural sus
ceuuDility oil mental excitement well Increased
disposition diseases OF the brain by VIDA, Causes So
they De Induced de enters the arena OF lie, ana
engages the general struggle for advancement before
alluded to- i; merchant he subject not only 10 the
ordinary fluctuations Of trade but those financial re-
WILSON'S which appear be consequent upon an unset
tea policy Of government and an instability OF the laws
affecting commerce. Whatever may be his occupation
or CONDITION he may become interested in some OF the
prevalent Gocrires politics morals and religion, whch
are both maintained and opposed by q psrtsanship
zeal enthusiasm in many instauces to nearly aleo
IL lie feared "a madness.
/, tina, OF the one hundred and nineteen
the disease in sXyeght commenced WITHIN one year
previous 10 IN. time OF admission while in hty-one II
had existed more Than year Ihe most important
practical fact connected With The duration Of the disease
Is is influence upon the durability Of the patent vi
me recent admitted thrytwo have been discnaFs
I'd cured and othose that remain nineteen are oeeVed
20 be durable.
or the chronic only seven have been disharged
cured and of the remainder only eight considered
durable These facts all exhibit the importance OF treat
rnent in the early stages OF mental disorder.
OF the male patients received % were married, p
single widowed4. OF the females % married 30
single and wdows5 These results not in accord
with the general results Obtained from observa-
tons large scale.
The equations OF the patients afford some curious
results The greatest number in any occupation are
Farmers The next young without occupation ,
next. Lawyers There Merchants Clerks; .
Merchants l Magistrate, ] Inspector of Customs,
Mayors Marshal; / Circus. Rider Editors 90!
We should like to follow through this Report and
quote of the enlightened views OF the Cover nmen,
the Asylum respecting Insanity and its proper
ment but cannot spare the Suffice it that there
are none Of the abomnaoe barbarisms exercised here
which SO long dsgraced the Insane Asylums of Chrsten
dom The comfort Of the patients is strictly consulted
and The system of violence and punitive discipline
pleely abandoned The patients have books, schools,
amuselnents lectures and regarded with consider.
ate pity rather than that hatred which society long
and so uuaccountaby bestowed upon such poor unor-
tunates-morc helpless than infants joyless than
decrepid age.