Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-20
THE MIND DIsTRAUGHT.
Annual Meeting Of the Insane Asylum
Superintendent of the
United States.
Reports as to the Condition Of the
Various Institutions.
Yesterdays Proceedings, and What
Remains to be Done.

IL
ents oil American Institutions for the In
sane, convened in the ladies' ordinary Of
the Maxwell House at IO:45 A NJ vestar-
day, ana was called TO order by the Vice
President, Dr. e. A. Walker, of Boston. in
the absence Of the President, DIR. Nichol
he following members Of the Association
| answered to their names:
A. Z. walker, Boston Lunatic ASYLUM.
Boston, Mass, Nice-President; Jno. Cur
win, Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hos
pltal, Harrisburg Pennsylvania, Secretary:
Ihos- +. Greene, Superintendent, c.. of
the Georgia State Lunatic Asylum: VIM.
Nj. Compton, State Lunalic Asylum, Jack
son, Miss; G. ii. Hughes, St. Louis. Mo-:
ii. NJ Bossett, Iowa Hospital for the In
sane at Mt. Pleasant; Z. A. Kilbourne. Ell
gin, ILL.,, Hospital for the Insane: Mark
Ramsey, Wisconsin State Hospital for the
Insane; Geo. S. Bryant, First Kentucky
Lunatic Asylum, Lexington, Ky.; III. S.
Carriel, Illinois State Hospital for the In
sane; Jas. w. Wilkie, State Luuatic Asv-
lum for Insane Criminals, Auburn, n. Y:
Lew. Slusser, Hospital for Insane, Newburg.
Ohio; Orpheus EvertS, Indiana Hospital
for the Insane, indianapolis; A. REYNOLDS.
Iowa Hospital forthe Insane, Independence.
Iowa; ID. r. Wallace, Texas Lunatic Asy-
lum, Austin: Charles F. Stewart, Ne
braska Hospital for the Insane, Lincoln; t.
b. Cambden. West Virginia Hospital for
the Insane, Weston; Abram NJ Shew, Gen
eral Hospital for the Insane, Middleton.
Conn; John IL. Calender, Tennessee Hos
pital for the Insane, Nashville; j. T. Webb.
Longview Asylum, Carthage, o.; T. r. H.
Smith, State LInatic Asylum No. !. Fulton
Mo-; b. ID. Eastman, Worcester Lunatic.
Hospital, Mass; Chas. w. Stevens, St.
Louis, Mo-; J. II. WOrtbington, Francis
Asylum for the Insane, Philadelphia. Penn:
Ed. Z. Fisher, Western Lunatic Asylum.
Staunton, Va; +. T. Fuller, North Caro-
INA Insane Asylum, Raleigh; r. F. Caben.
Jr, Central Lunatic Asylum, Richmond.
Va; Geo. F. Jelly, Mclean Asylum. Som
eiyille, Mass; W. p. Jones, Nashville;
Stephen Lett, Asylum for the Insane, Lon
don, Canada; J. F. Bowers, Minnesota
Hospital for the Insane, St. Peter, Mimi.
Upon taking the chair, the Vice Presi-
dent said.
ADDRESS OF VICE PRESIDENT WALKHR.
gentlemen Of the Association: Unfor-
tunately for me and especially for the As
ISOLATION, it falls to me to call the body TO
order. Our beloved President, DIR, Michel.
a week ago made all his arrangements To
ee present and preside over your delibera-
lions, but some unforeseen circumstances
have iuterfered to prevent.
i am glad 10 see such large assemblaoe
at such an unwOnted distance from what
we have considered the center of our ter
ntory, and | know that there are many
here who must have made strong efforts tn |
be here at the opening of the Association.
We shall miss, at this meeting, faces we
have been accustomed to see at almost ey-
cry meeting Of the Association since it was
formed, among whom are DR.. Nichol. DIR. |
kirkbride, DIR. Butler, DIR. Stribling, DIR.
Ray, DR.. Tyler and others.
trust that with the arrangements of our
good friends, DIS. Calender and Jones. for |
our comfort and convenience, we shall not |
only have very pleasant but unquestion- |
ably very profitable meeting.
1t seems to me that il Is something mole |
than chance or good luck that has enabled |
so many TO be present here this morning |
that direct providence of God is exhibit |
ted, and with your permission, | propose
that We ask Gods blessing TO rest upon our |
labors.r
At the request of the President. DR.. W. |
c. Jones opened the meeting with PRAYER,
after which the minutes of the last meeting |
Of the Association were read by the Sec |
rotary, DIR. John Curvin,
COURTEsIEs EXTENDED.
On motion Of DR.. Curwin, DIR. Wallis. Of |
Durham, Eng, DIR. Boyd. Of the East Ten |
nesSee Insane Asylum, DIR. Bannock, of the /
West Tennessee Asylum, and the members
Of the medical profession of Nashville. Were
invited 10 attend the sessions of the ASsO-
citation.
DIR. j. II. Calender. Superintendent Of
the Tennessee Insane Asylum, then intro
duced DR.. T. \. AtchiSOn, President of the
Board of Trustees of the Tennessee Hos
pital for the Insane, who extended the
members Of the Association hearty well
come to Nashville, as follows;
ADDRESS OF DIR. T. \. ATCHIsON.
" Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the
Ia the name and on behalf
Of my colleagues and fellOw-citizens, l bid
you welcome to Tennessee and her beauti-
ful Capital. In the selection of our State
and city for the meeting of such an AssOci-
alton of liTe-WOrkeTS in the cause of sci
snce and humanity, we feel that We have
been honored, but before We part We hope
hat Tennessee will have proven herself
lot altogether unworthy of this high COM
'liment; for we can point you with pardon
,ble pride to one Institution which will
compare fsvOrably with the best, and to
provisions for the erection of
wO others, one of which has been located
N a site Of unrivaled beauty in the East
IN, and the other will soon be located in ]
he Western division of our State.
To your organization and labors, gentle
men, the civilized world owes a debt Of I
Tatitude above all compensation, because ]
f all the workers in the field ofreform, you
ave now the gTandest triumph. You {
ave Transformed dungeons into airy cas- {
les; gloomy prison yards into smiling
Iwns; the horrid clanks Of chains into the
oft and soothing strains ofmusic; the wild
eSpairing cry Of the maniac into song, and '
bout and laughter. You have thus real f
,ed the dream of the poet and found that r
weet obliviOuS antidote to 'rase out the c
-ritten troubles of the brain'-charity.
All honor, then, to the Association of
ne American Superintendent of Institu-
onS for the insane! Again, we welcome