New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-12
NEW HOSPITALS.
HOSPITALS FOR THB TREATMENT oP BPTLBPTIc AND
PARALYTIO DISEASES.

HOSPITALS FOR THB TREATMENT OP EPILBPTlc AND
PARALYTIO DISEASES.
The Commissioners Of Public Charities and Conec.
ton ere erecting MODEL hospitals on Backwels Island for
those persons under their and guardianship who are
afflicted with eppc and paraytc diseases The buildings are
to be the most approved plan Of hospital construction ny
way Of experiment four buildings to be erected three OF
which already completion The Work Is not done oy
contract bat being performed solely 1 inc aDor Oh tne III
endence OF tbe Warden who is himself builder and capable
OF nrecung the progress OF the wS bh ~ tSose r
vices voluntarily rendered. Will have the ene care ana
practical management Of the HOsptsior EPeies ana faTa
les Each building will be oHe story higo anu 80 ee' Sue "
l60 feet In length and comprise all the essentials 10 hosta
convenience and the comfort Of the patients :.
Whca the Medical Board of Charity Hospital was created III
questionable whether in view OF the number OF
committed TO its and their distance om the et te
Der OF visiting physicians was 70 e
duties assigned them The experienced the last Sax months
seems 10 have demonstrated that Is impTactcabe for the
present number Of physicians to give with proper regard 20
their private practice large share OF their attention 10 ne
Of he bospa thai between the 2st OF March and the d OF
October of The year 25 days there have been iO visits
of TO institution and that for thirteen periods OF
three days each and one OF nte days curing tat e ~
were II is stated that no visits have been maze al
the AlmsbOuse Infant Department since October l.
II was the intention the Commissioners TO have placed the
Hospital for EpAepc and Paraytcs in charge Dr. Echeyer
Ten months in the year while he viii attend them for the
time stated he prefers that they shall be placed under the
Board The infant department 1t Is probable will become
important part of the medical organization Of the Island and
Fever and smallpox Hospitals with their aggregate population
Of 500 patients the pecaes that with the ad
vice OF the Commissioners be established viii require tne
tentOn Of at least twelve physicians 10 presumed
ply cians win be required at the other anu 4
supply the place DR. Echeverra whom the COnmlss
strongly recommend may be assigned to the new M
these the Commissioners have increased the Medea
Thew have not added to the surgical side because the surg
ol coses are oomparatiyey few IL however the Medical
Board shall so advise the Commissioners will appoint such ad
dtona number be suggested The above conclusions
were decided upon the meeting OF the Commissioners on the
~, 81 Novemher ls66
Dr. FCbeyera on the o7h Of last October called the
lion of the Board Of Commissioners TO the important ques
tionso diet and labor relation TO the EPiepucs and Paay
under bis and requested their behalf that action on
these subjects be taken NJ the earliest of the Board
Ibe diet list (which has been used since he assumed duty IN
the Department for Eppc and Paracs he represents
as not being suitable such patients good alimentauOn
being Indispensable requisite for their successful treatment
The following table Of the simplest and most nutritious diet
which judged by the doctor as best adapted to the cases nhdei
RTGrLAR Dnr-For breakfast aud supper bread II
gar } o.; tea Or milk .
FoR DIvNFR4 o. roast beef three times week
mutton twice week; boiled beef once week o.
EXTRA Dmr-Broad o. boef mutton, five days Of
the soup and vegetables days OF the week ana
milk low diet accordingly Wine beer ana conee may re
specially ordered Acknowledging the fact tat just economy
and allowance Of tue necessary amount OF amen neeaed ny
every patient not Incompatible with each Oler me DOCTOR
has calculated quantities Of food according 10 those dis
pensed in other leading charitable institutions for the insane
where eplepcs generally treated CCnee eAcudtd 0n
the table because with eepucs II has 10 bediscmiae us
Experience demonstrates that the severity and frequency
epepc attacks decrease notable degree when patients are
judicOusy kept occupied N some WORK interesting he ae
ton without much asbng their bodily strength The gym
nascs which the patients will exercise soon the room
destined for the purpose completed viii certainly be an en-
cent auxiliary To the ply scan IL Is thought however @
gymnastics though useful will not be sufficient exercise and
the patients improvement will undoubtedly be retarded They
are allowed TO spend The remaining hours Of the gay III %
inactivity. To this most hurtf habit ~ ~ sug
gested that would be advantageous 10 employ iO few hours
during the day IN sewing knitting or any oheI hgh
the females IN the institution II is understood that no
coercion will be esOrted training the patients TO the work
which they be detailed only by the physicians being
further understood that labor viii constitute part OF then
treatment and in any De unreasonable imp0
the patients The 10 snpernend the patients
thus occupied and be charged with distributing the work and
returning when finished the person appointed by the Board
Of Commissioners receive It, similar plan Of light manna
labor devised for the male patients Sustained by the pae
tee Dr. Eeheyerra in the best conducted Lunate
Asyums and by the favorable results have myself obtained
by ubecting the eplepcs the hyenic plan most earn
that the approval Of the Board "a
be properly established among the patients in the medical de
parmen under direction While the welfare and improve
nent OF the patients only actuatng motive in this
gesiOn labor be obtained from tho patients ma! pc
turned practical account In reducing the expenses OF e III
stitutOn which supports them.