, 1874-10-03
q Description Of tho Statc Institution
at Kalamazoo.; . = 49,
The Buildings and crounls--|low lilo
Establishment is Controlled.
The Treatment Of .Patients---Medlolne,
Food, Aniusamcnts, Etc.
Denial Of Sensational Acc1,ya-
tions.


foun1 IL To,o,,,rrn ot,a 49,, ,,,s.tas!1 w
.s..,''.. " AA'"'"oo. "ru tnoi pfo"'se", III re-
,eiiihs 70 'ho state atlaana Asylum sitnatod
institution and It's workings. This will now f,o
1haye visited tho ;natitnt,o, thro, .Ia,an ., ~,
o,o,, ,,n,o ,,.H, - Nv .eo ''uost HUI
ouen t'.lio nsYo naa ono coaftoslos oxscntled,-
all my Questions being ehoorfuly answered, and
ovory opportunity furnished mo for d thoroucl,
inspection, Throuulout, oyorvth,n,, nxi,I,dts
tho rtmoat c,o,rl,naos r.;t,, ~, ~. - ,ss1.,.'
cnrort on Jse tt,ara m.,n III, ar OF nomonhe
{undor tho circumHtancoa) Of pleasant socinl
lifo. Tho greatest kininess md f1isudlsncss
wcro exhibited 'botvoon tin n,,va,c,onn nn1 ~
ticnta on1 word ~ 49,, ,a"s "
| /" "o@ " oo''6' '"'1'.'o''s co!a'oit,
or consolatlon was over realty to bo extended TO
tho poor dcmcnted creatures.
THE PREVALENCE or 1ssAY1rY.
unlko most other forms Of afllicttou, osnuot 1,o
t,.a.ast. ~ 'noeo a1su"'.S o"gageo IN
tue work OF inquiry. Concealed from observa-
ton In almost all but tho huublost walks of lifo,
tho oxtont Of tho disease is truly startling. md
ovon nuh1Io ot,tcors tho ,,..~a -, .ss ,s,N uia
49,. ,.,., ps as. S'1' s1o % nno " "hose att!os
u" "ou40 oA1oo' " 1"'li't,Ao tuein with INC
sapJeeet a1o ecaIceiF prepared 1or tho develops
monta Of carefully compiled ptatistics. Insanity
nrb1ic. I'm ,on,,,,;t,, ,1a'aae s',",'.1,.,s'
tuDAo' nv ~ soun4aii'.s "1'nost laFoluntarily
sasna l10n .'s con1opason' ana 1ts attendant
Tia relation to tho pubo in n,,otbor cornoc,,o,,
hoH hmm t,cnoro1v ,n,.annro1,orao1 ~. ,a..a
co,,o st1,t,i.,a,,, ~ :. W. ..'o @
~ ~ .a sal II - as ono o. LUG
want; but m intelligent investigation of tho
tho Hat Of causoa ~ nourors,, g,ha .>ra.ssn.
of oouury haa nro,onta, m n.t s.rino J ottoaa toa
ture IN Tho history OF insanity, by the Buccess
Tint Inns attended tho -naouorn treatment Of tho
diHoaao. In oldon times, tho condition of Tim
insane, and tbs cruolly and ncglort IT, ,s,,;a,,
.ney were suo]eosco, I'LL ono OF tho darkoat pagcn
tn tho history or hunnn sorrow. Thrust inlIs.
criminatcly Into "mnd.houscs," or "rocepta-
Clos" with dark c]oso nr;eon-co11a tho,,
hono1o.snas v;t,, t,,ao utseI nE.llossnoss anu
r;ttai !. asn 1nIso ;s; pnan6s ana ehoir
manac1ca wsa assoc,atnd M.yst unaihs, IT,, nna
tnrrihio saTs nnn IN dcacr1;ng tn!, 'n"1 Mr, mns
tcnia ~ - anjoaat;n@' @ H. snooeaut occnEatosf, no
t;n% - ~ .n;nntiaa 4sa..E tnEo ue Ymllosy OF any
iat;on The canci.hs .ssonoa nG rGHoos eh conao
t'npnhy Sn playea, d 9c Snsneneu tho neree dreadful
faco ;d ooJ @ III 1na;n ;u a"Geon no lr'onaIY
tas ~ '.na na bns noW change
systom ~ med;a.i .na nr ana pnnntnroplo
Je.ad ~ moa'Ghl anu molal treatment has
;n..nit "onusa ~ M Tue aooraton .na euro OF
ia cnrn ~ no,e ~ - ~ III, o1n 1, !.stlt"''oAs LOT
s' az " .,,.s usonao In aho
s:...s.a 1...s M. .sfte.''4 N0tAo+nf g.
Xss1.,es ~. H. ...no ue..a,ot,o So1"Pus'Hg LIS
~ i,a.na sone.a a1lu tioatmont Of
hr;, .t,.,o,,,saa ns 49,. aHg alense nanusomo
tocInro tis 1,o;,,, ~ foMna tan = styie o. archl-
~ ios, ato axansr us ISauu moro cheerful,
~ ;1,nars a4 guei am extonaiYe range
nm nronoE ~ +h. t,i ollu pelne eno hsy-
ars ijt IN po.n,onf 'nu suato uom eaaonsto Ihey
Of arranramant! stc ~ "'.u LUG HlaNa
adontni ~ III de,x,,' hv ate r. alter thoae
MoIic,I smuo-intcrat " tno association Of
tona fnr tha fnaana Tuorrtti ~ Helcae ttsttl1-
so1id md anhntant;.1 a,S ;sol @ tho most
hinoa sccommnIot;an. 80 n'atsI,. a,mI me COM
o natients Tn 1oca,ors III sao'1t ~ ~, lor nearly
Ia nnnn m irr.1,11ar n1,;"nna ~ VIC psilanSH
nxtendod nrnapoct snI Ill.,. eoslt1tl's'una an
fN'0uS, pr.3rT,n1,, r..+ 'nux ] uso surrounded ny
NJ ox.r soo scroa n o-to,,t ~ u"oosus os..s
sonnc erov,s nromon.Sa"' 5o.uleu as,,. WIN hanu-
IN ti'a r,or r4dses; ~ H. aa aher
thn lnnd ,s brolFan and III. ,9 ~ s'iu pu'.'nes
Sinas nnvored VIII +oa y? hosies OF RI
tic vaisv hnow trna uI,;o1 a'1nco aown 10
strosm Of nuro vator Tnt "a'em s.,I1 oma rapa