New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-09
Convention of tho superirtendents sf Insane
.FfnsF DAY.


TIE Medical 51perntendents OF the vnr.oas Asy-
Ilmrs fo- TIE I1sa1s m tas United s.ses and The British
pfoynees assembled ia Convention At ths As.'r House
a. 10 An yesterday.
Tns Necessary preninsrss being disposed o. Dr. EAwL
was .u.sd rrefiols OF the Association ne fornsr
.aeam5.ai iaa olrl Dr. Woolv az. hsvlrg 'caisrsd
h.s ..ign4f0n.
The Convention then proceeded 70 AXE sp The unhn-
sheI business % me lest meeting a. Waslington which
was dnaly disposed of
An obituary notice % the ate Dr. WHITE Wee rr,sl-
dent Of the Assoc 4on vas submitted ~ DR. BRIGHAM
90 whom the su cI referred. TIE notice OF The de-
ceased muca 10 me purpose-ierse forcbo ard feel
ing.
The Report on Pos.-Nertem Examinations Wss taken
no snl elected lcrg.hensi debate, in whicl Drs. Nc
DANIEL Raw. Brigham and Ear participated. Trssus-
zoe. 0i ihe general p.ray za0n Of the patients as com
mcntci 90 with much amin alton. DR. EARLE feusfkd
that as fsr hs observation extended in he Iast
tluon (B.o0mngdsle) with which he IA connected sen
crs paralysis seems Increasing Either 10 observed.
has Increased Or accidental or physicians have nat Be
fore noticed The sutscole OF Inc three Re hsd found
ln almost al the cifss unequal pspags u the eysore
being dsiel lAn the other; DfndHer loss OF
ssht has known 60 result peculiar fsaturs 81 the
dsesss IS that The "a euts frequently bsclms almost
wholly paraly I'D. out rally from ard remain very
~ jsct 20 recurrence of me fama s'mptoms
Dr. McDoNNEL. of Flushing, considered his subject
0f gerv great lercst. When In Paris, from Inquiries In
Ftiu'ed he mad found that At least ons-nih " ne
males In the Clae Ion hospital were Affected with this
disease ~ the B,cTo the proportion was much smaller.
or females. there very few; not than IN 20,
former place. But out o. 100 men, perhaps 50 had
ths disease. sni almost every case proved fatal
DIS BATHS NJ Isino, brigham n y. \. KrEEBRGDs q
Phua1e phia, aud oiho-f c0ntisued the discussion.
The Report nuaiy accepted, and referred % the
same Committee f.r firther action.
On calling up ihs Report Suicides. a which Dr. Bur
was Charn ln The Committee announced they were
prepared and asked farther time which granted.
Dr. Butler remarked that the number OF succes IN New
York large aui ncreasing, while In Philadelphia the
number j. cOnparafiyclY email.
Dr. BBIGHAM cf the New York STATE Asylum, pfe.oasi
% The notice 81 the Convention great variety II fancy
work such psper-c-tfsrs, slstspOors &c manufsc-
lrei By The inmates % the Asylum which he pre-
sides They evin-ei CREST ingenuity ard neatness u
mechanical execution tire part Of the uufortunEtss
whose mauufse uIo they were.
An inquiry e % The PhfS0iogy Of Insanity was re-
Jared e. the las Convention q DR. FONEEDLS 70 report
That gentleman not being prepared, 10 debated -
some length BY Drs Bates. Earle, Brigham, and Others,
aui was fuaiy REARED % d.. suroph. ~ he Nav
jersey Asylum with request that be report thereon.
After some olter minor business the Convention al
i'uratd tll Hais morning, II Q o'cock-sams place.
thi' Convention promises 70 os Of greA. interest We
have very fol- notes Of the remarks Of vshou, gentlemen
present. but our crowded space demands such sborsviG
ten that more than outline q, Is impossible for u, 70
give. The Convention Will probably slt three or four
days.