Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-02-10

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The woman living happily with.
her husband and relatives is sud
denly stricken with disease of the
bran, endingIin violent mental dis
order. She is at first retained at
home, and watched with all the at
'tehtion of affectiop and sympathy.
But her .paroxyfms become too yio-
and 8dangsroAis land sAshe is
obliged 70 be placed, man. asylum.
pHares fer time She fs supported
by her frelatlves, until her disease.
becomes hopeless , Thenthe affec-
tod Which amight have wthstood
allother shocks and changes seems
unable to bea the burden, 1T be-
comes increasingly difficult, also, to
suppertth pecuniary tax. Gradu-
ally she is neglected. And{ finally,
the authorities, finding that her
board lis not to be paid in the asy
lum turn her over to the officials of
tie coqpty whore she resided. Her
relatives have left the neighbors
hood, and the poor-master are
foreed-te~place her in the aims
house Here she associates with
ruflianc, criminals, idiots, and wild
lunatics.t She sleeps on a heap Of.
-straw,-and-fs often cold, hungry,
and hardly clothed No-glailce of
sympathy ever reaches her. The
Foficials utterly misunderstood the
mature ofsthe disease'which affiicts
her, and .ksve the old, traditional,
stupid bafbaric habit of dealing
with y. They know nothing Of the
modern methods Of cure, nor, if
they did, have they the means of
applying them. The disease grows
more intense. The poor creature,
in her dim, wild way, understand
ing that she is where she ought not
to- be, Jand is badly treated, has
f'arful paroXysms, tears her cloth
ing, shrieks and raves, and perhaps
assaults the other paupers. Now
sheJis fastened in a cage or a cell,
itoned, logged, without light, with
little food, sleeping on a heap Of
straw in a state of filth which can
not be described, covered soon with
vermin, sometimes partly frozen in
bitter nights, and thus remaining
a wild raving maniac for years. The
delicate and well-cared-fo for woman
of better days is abandoned by all
men, and treated worse than the
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The Switchboard of charities bad
the woman finally removed TO the
Willard Asylum on Seneca lake, I'M
der the wise charge of that expert,
enced physician of minds diseased,
DR.. Il b. Chipin. This woman,
heavily ironed, is brought by some
strong poor-masters to the asylum.
The first step is TO remove her irons,
then Some kind Female assistants
take her to warm bath, and, for the
first time in many years, she has
the grateful feeling of cleanliness
of body. She is clad in clean and
respectable garments is fed at Ia"
BILE in a decent manner is permit
ted to work off her nervous irrlta-
jtIo9gbylwalkingEin lightmnd warm
corridors, oEwith attendants in the
grounds. At@pight she is put in a
warm and comfortable bed, where
the attendants watch her as n moth
er watches babe. On Sunday she
Is brought to the chapel, and the
sounds of that message which may
bring peace even to the delirium of
lhnacy feaeh her,dplE ears. She is
soon given some liSht occupation.
Her companions are, as a usual
thing, quiet and un%disturbing. The
attendants and Physicians are full
of Kindness anG watchfnl care,
The disease rapidly abates. Few
paroxysms occur. The light Of
sanity never, perhaps, returns, but
the Wild, raving, filthy looking crea-
ture of the alms-house cage is a
decent, well behaved, industrious
1luhatie.; as comfortable as her NAL
ady will permit her to be,-N, Y
Times.
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