, 1877-05-31

THE INSANE.
Asylam suroFtntcn'1ents In Council Mt st..

Asylum sururtntcn,lents In Council Mt n
| Louis,
sT. Louis, NO., Stay 3o.-At tho evening
session Of tho meeting Of supcrIntcndents
lhsano Asylums, last night, papers eulogsstlc
| several members Of the association who Inv.
died during tho rear werc read, and Dr.. Mcrar
land. Of tho jacksonville (1ll.) Asylum, read q
very interesting paper, reviewing tho history
Oh tho association since lts organization th!rty
ycars ago.
Quito O number of reports were made
upon tho condition Of the asylums in various
States the progress they have niadc, Tho NUN.
DER OF patients, ctc.. during TIC year. In Now
york there arc six asyIums, capable Of accom-.
ihouati'lg ..5oo patients, and additions are
Del"g madc to soino Of them, which will ill.,
cscnse the total capacity to $500. There a,o
nearly !,uo insano persons in the State.
u. Mcdonald, Superintendent Of the Asylum
Tor lnsAno Criminals ut Auburn, N. r., ravo
: very interesting account Of the treatment OF
persons Ut tllis class. and offered various sur-
gcsttons respecting tho tnauncr Ii, which tustlt-
tions VI this kind should bo conducted,
The asyiums In Now Jersey have 500 nat,cnt,
NIL doing well. In Pennsylvania tho nsylutns a
arc all doing well, aud various improys,crts
anG ouuitiuns arc bclns mado TO them, In Viz
Ei.lia. appropriations l'ad been madc to e,,larYe
y. ~ G]secth auu 4cstefn A4ylutnB AMI also to
" up al asylum forco'orcd patients. ii West
anu TIC Legislature refused 'ISSaeu, to maSS ~.
organizations to extend tho building. Ia
noFth h.. Caroina tho asylums were doing well,
ln process of construction at Aforgantun, Wiz
progressing but slowly OH account of tile Inntlr-
4uate appropriations. III Georgia tho STATE
nsylam @ i,ad Gecl Greatly improved and enarg-
was large, owing to the fact that under tho Inv
oil clnssts Of paticnts must bc RECEIVED. ami
many were sent there u die. ia Mississippi
9nu Aii!noana matters wcro progressing suits
lactorily. ~ tll1 former Suits there arc WO
patlcnts IN tue ab5lutn, and All average OF one
IN ,at'o pertan fo every a.010 tnlabltanis IN thc
STATE: ~ Texas they wcre cra,upcd for rom,
n1a dne Legs,atnro n has mado but small appro.
ssatu Is zoo. ln Tennessee two asylu,ns lad
been begun, but hard times had csmnneiir1
= suepcusfon Of work. Tlle Nashville Asy-
i !9, 10y however. va, completed, aud was one Of
40o uatscnts. Kentucky llas three asyIutus,
well appu!ntcl. aud out of about 1,400 insnnn
- tho statc, l..5u arc provided for, and mono Of
tnc nsy!t!tns arc burdeMcd with pccunarv Or
treatcd ut tue 8tato Prison. In Michf9an n sal.
ls1astoty con!tlon Of things was reported, Ono
asy!uin las O00 patients, md new ono nearly
cG1tnplefed G Will accommodate as many more. ii,
l,S5a0 iusune, a new asylum is being buiit. md
tile one ut jacksonville iabclug enlarged. When
tllssc inproycments aro llnishcd there will be
provision for fully 2, GU PATIENTS.
Reports from several other States were ,nadc
al! OF Which were favorable.
-. lhe sureriutc!ldents continued their sessions
today; Dr Eugene drlssom, Ut lsaleisi,
set!dn f4 xssns 5saa paper on
2 ;;,sp!y ito 2 challenge BY Dr. John
~ Eilesafi1t to 6upGrsntenlcnts Of Ancricat,
institutions Tor insane, published II tho London
au1ee. ..f.1 ~. orlas9m handled Dr.. Buckncll
v were not only without eanso, but not based
strictly upon tho truth. His paper was well
received by members Of tho CONVENTION, and l,o
was thanked for hls ablo yindlcation Of Aneri-
can asyluus.
This afternoon very Able paper on Uneou-
scsou. p CerenG'ston Dr panday Of st. Louis
,y5' wht 55ea, ~ attrassed parked attention. utter
to & IT, Ut. Ylnsent Asylum lr this ely.
IAi4 evening Ds. Mcfarland, OF the Jackson
vt!lc, III, Asylum, was married in the pFcaenvc
Of shv Conception to Mta. Abbey Knox, laugh:
Stock fufl3, East Ut. Luuis