New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-06

inattent,on To their duties, and against the ,eity
ma s,vociaiIv enorance, inattenton ana erned'9
1f DR. RTown deponent that his prncpa ng the
complaint is neglect of his duties IN ho1 naints OF
Sotipnts and in not attending TO their cor CON
Ia atron deponent saws that her main pnseb ould
sts in receiving visitors althougn mor The attendants
generally although there are sOIne bonoi orance hrl-
among them, deponent charges ewdnoss Of the
wort description Aud deponent says taV ia viii in
Illustrate the charges he has ABOVE "'u''
stance few cases. ma
Patients NEGLECTED FOR MONTHS
To show tnat Dr. Brown is nattentive' oepono"o ~
sents the case OF Mr.. Stewart G. MalSn' VIZ y, tti
there as protection TO him against ',o o. ,i
eating drink Mr. Marsh had made application ior MS
-. Relieves WHY he should be closely confined
NJ pn visited the hall and promised his permission;
Mr. Marsh requested him to then give 20 mo-
enect 40 inmedatey On the same day Dr. Brown
left the asylum on pleasure Trip, was tb aDsS Sns
sevtIn Mr. Marsh was left in his confinement.
mis- may be designated fOTgetiulness on the PaIIo i ~
brown when at home at the asylum, deIohent, , mas
ySn six weeks to elapse without Dr. Brown visiting
the hall in which defendant was an atlemuanI ai az
ponent further says that he has seen Dr. BIo"ll az ue
emf times fall TO sleep while patients were cohVeslng
with HIM making their complaints tnaV M
has known Dr. Brown TO make promises 10 palens 'at
he would give answer to their Applications WlJhIn an
hour, and yet answer would be received irom HUI
In he case of Mr. Philppi who resides Troy in
this State deponent saws that DE- Brown Knew nOthE
about him until lie had been IN the asylum sole th n
weeks that about that time some friends called at tne
asylum to inquire about his condition ana saw III Dl
Brown that DR.. Brown came TO dep0nent ana asheu
deponent which of the patients was MI fnlilpp
and inquired deponent what appeared TO ne s peeu
liarity and dep0nent says that he tOld l brown tV
His disease seemed proceed from aundice and dyspep
sa he would not eat unless eompeed 70 90 So ph I
deuOent says that he shortly afterward met MI %
lipps friends the grounds, and learned from mn
that Or. Brown had expatated TO him most thoroughly
upon Mr. Phillppis condition
PATIENTS NOT CLASSIFIED
And deponent says that in regard to the easshcaoh
of patients DR.. Brown to pay no attention what
ever leaving the whole matter apparently In the hahns
OF Drs Porter and Burr, whose ignorance or lnateh
lion have rendered them obnoxious alike to patients ana
attendants Patients, who at worst can be only desig
mated as eccentric, placed in the same halls Win
unatics in straight jackets and deponent mas seen tne
aenamed subjects TO have no power over
their physical actions, and so violent as 10 spit Ill lhe
faces of cony alescent patients and attendants III.
In regard the Ignorance, inattentloD, and cruelty
which deponent charges against the associate phys.
clans these gentlemen treat the patients as II they Thought
they had 10 right to express an opinion In tne winter
the halls are heated, with what would appear an intn
10 make the rooms st coloer, were changed from tne
lower part OF The and opened into the upper part
Of the halls the ceiling thus leaving the floors cold
and the ceilings warm.
WAS THIS MAN MURDEREDi
In the case OF Mr. Tlton from NewYork, OF whom de-
ponent had charge as patient, in fact he slept in
the same room with dponent depOnen says that he was
a stout and able-boded man. He respondent, with
no inclination TO eat make exeron. He was in depo
nens opinion in fair way Of recovery Some medicine
was sent him at the usual hour, abou5 o'clock p M
by Dr. Porter Deponent administered me Lnesclhe anu
Tlton quite sick and very much worse than he had heen
Deponent reported the fact to Dr. Porter with tho com
ment that Mr. TltOn had much worse since taking
the medicine he had sent up Dr. Porter ped ta ne
had sent him medicine. DepOnent replied that ne hal
done SO as it had in the cup having Mr. Iitons
name it, and that the medicine was spoonful OF
found him in an entirely unconscious state; in few
minutes Dr. Porter called 10 him. and endeavI 10
arouse him by tickling and shaking him. without "'ali
Ilr a b.
been cent up and remarked, . BY George didn't IL
tend TO send him any medicine - Mr. 1ilton never re-
covered from his unconscious state and died about III
o'clock the evening; no coroner was cent Tor, III
fact deponent has ever known of being nOi
fed in cases of sudden death in that institution, and dc
pOnent does not know what the death OF Mr..
Triton has been attributed on the records OF the nsti
tutlOh. .
The indifference of these attending physicians to what
becomes Of the patients may be fairly illustrated by
remark made to deponent by Dr. Porter in response to
deponens complaint that it was dsaereeable for de-
ponent TO be obliged to sleep with Mr.. Tlon. He re-
piled "Ohl knock him in the head knock him in the
head!" The same physician, when statement was
made to him by depOneut regard to the case OF Mr
glad TO get rid OF him" DepOnent further says that he
has known when there has been no physiclan ~ INC
absent his Summer TOUR and Drs Porter and Burril
away in NewYork.
DIRT AND FILTH ABUNDANT.
For the purpose of investigating tne condition OF tho
the Bloomingdale Ayslum that attending physician
will visit the different halls at least twice day. This
was sometimes omitted, but when the visits are made
the statements generally taken from the atteniah
IN G9aIge' and to t6s cis at sle fines The ma
trOn supposed TO have charge OF the kitchen and dn
ing-roOms Deponent says that when he was first en-.
gagged as an attendant at Bloomngdae nc discovered
that the cookery OF the most ordinary ana com
nonest descriptions; that tablespoons buttcr-knyes,
musard-spOOns or napkins were used ana the IaDe,
cloths were of the most ordinary aud usually OF
the dirtiest description. The kitchen was also III the
drtest condition. and the food furnished 10 tho patients
of the cheapest and connOnest Kinds ana very lmpOp
erly cooked The water used IN the estaDlishment ny
the patients pumped up into tank on the top OF he
building upon which no cover ~ kept ana hchcc IN hot
weather the il often of the most disagreeahe
kind; and during the time deponent was employed as
assistant, ice water allowed III Hall No 8, Nhcre
depOnent principally served except in cases oi Illness
The charges made TO patients board ana treatment
rate from 81 or s. TO S55 per week, ana yet all ne
patients receive the same kind OF treatment occupy tho
same kind OF apartments and receive me same KIND OF
food with the exception Of the extremely violent cases
And deponent says that the care and custody Of the
patients is left, to great extent to The attendants
"DEvILIsH" TREATMENT OF TIE INSANE.
And depOnent says that it is impossible to character
lie the treatment used by Of the people to PATIENTS
other than by the word "deyish" Deponent in the
case Of Mr. Samuel Goodrich Of Hall No. T. who has since
left the institution says that he has seen John Bennett
and Robert Miller, attendants, hold him by tho coat
collar and kick him at almost every step to the dining
room, down three flights OF stairs Frequently this same
gentleman was left IN charge Of largo German named
NumaDn who treated him in the way unsll il was
stopped by deponents Intervention. For tLe slightest
Oense depOuent has attendant named Bradley,
there, throw Col. +. W. DE Peyster ON the floor
ana choke him until the blood flowed
from his and his face was purple.
Deponent has known patients IN Hall No. 10 lie
IN their own exerenens for hours. in their beds IN
their rooms, with the full knowledge Of the attondants
III charge, without removal change. And depOnent
says that although the attendants hired 10 9 gen
era charge OF the patients yet during the two
more he employed there the drtiest parts tire
duties were forced upon the patients by the asssan
large portion Of which performed by Mr.. IL irFOtt
gentleman Of respectable position and cOnncciOus
and by Mr. Albert COtheal and Mr.. FainIan Indecent