New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-02

tsse,, Ion and The commissioners removed him
The superfaiendents of the aSyuns oaho In
,endonfs They can ony suspend taetn ana ~ III my III
stance. they have been reinSateds Dr. Sita" V'n 80,
Arm that statement In the app'nttnent OF or, r.,
ptnterdcuts no special inquiry ~ nidc III Ic~ "a
tneir ness, and although some OF them AZ u
IL more By accident that such gem u, NE ma
choeeu than from any systematic method OF acto W.,
Attepdans are allowed 30 do things wh'og Wot"
hr permitted IA European institutions. 1no ,, Se o.
gnfed 10 gorant attendants aud IN one cas- tue
PATIENTS mouth was forced ~. rue IaJy' WIZ
cred ber sanity brought suit against the c"tpoI',
which COMPROMISED the case by IN! -, paticnf
OF Der claim. In t1e Mnn,sota As'i Fn,c,sle teeilns
slIoIla be done by physician or m hls plesenue.
pendants also permitted to place pa'en.a ,nacan
i res,ran absolutely abolished by law, but Tlen " rs
necessary It should b. administered ohy W P"''
and moi az caprice OF an altehd'h"
Dr Hammond then gave his views in regard TO
tho d.oetion OF letters wrsten by lunatics, as al
ready published in an interview VIVID Do''
reporter He continued 49,.
he s,inonv 81 ao assistant rTysiernn ~ the Ot'mar
nquegf would have disgraced iFst course s,or,n
dent. The system Of appointments Is "s tn Says mr.
teHdent nom males person ne wOnid uAe " -ce
uointed and The Commissioners OF Char lies am
lion maze The appointment. t nnoe Of a Ger
ieci all nominations ultil the nam" hn "a an
tain person is presented and thea nee ors
pointed. Men with 10 hospith experience en-, ~
turned loose m the aNyluins on thT ,si of
tnry require liitlr scientific care Inc WhoIs -
,c,Ic,s sh"Tld b. abolished There should be lay 81
rcrit fcrdcnts to 10 their duyilain " 20 Opy ~ Cno
In0i-lature, tufuPS anu I'CtlfO 'i'it"''
rysen he m .Eos hs rounds rne superintendent 'hoad
he stewart, aI1 h lr'to sni, Ia Tbc law should he
changed-and this Is very IMPORTANT mat
,.rson 70 n Iuatlc asylum on the am ia9il of two
nsicans whether or not dangerous Tor hlul 70
nj large The old iaW provided that siatcnicu sh.uu
H. m de I'm he afnltvt that the lunanc c0Wd nov 30
reunited to 90 9tgc bat the new one 'tooo iot IN
49,, s,,siness f,ere ana VINO would be better cared
tor AZ hoe, ira man has harmless deuson mai "a
mo- reason for putting hnn ~ an asyHn fet ne nay
hove hecu GOING abJut NcwIOrk for twenty y6irs WIN
If DISTURBING aaybudy, snd ut any moment the pfes'n
seisior Woodin-lsu't IL dlfleult to determine what
harmless dciusion - suppose lnna:le iGonsnt nc
was to offered prouua,7ry Sacrhea 10, me s'
Of the ,.erd. World thai O" = nlrn ess dellslnh'
DR. Hammmd-No. He mi-h commit suicide.
senator Woo1m-Suppose iurthcr' ti-t ie WIS 'o'
pr iHammoni-ITien he might &c, some one else
NOT commit suicide brcausc inc consi"ered J.! Ti ia
nar,onobic an; 80 "a wcut to the theatre ana snot
woman that ne might be hanged for It. Il - no. ''
fr one \ no has given attention 10 the sutct 70 Jen
rh,f de,usions art harmless. such mnatc "a ynn
have mentioned would nc dangerous 70 ~ az ~ sn p
n taa n Tor instance. who thinks hiS mana Is ulo ~
ol il Ilrmlcs There should ne some s}ett ~ ~
employment II lunacs IN asylum. theIe is i' 81
none IN ms sste except at the willard Asylum AMI 10
some eyirrt at 4. ug lac"p-'' , 49,. . .,. go, 4,
In lbs lily there il none at All ava patients 5' nu
brood and whcu they eeta c1arce they JUMP W 81
river 4 rr- many occupations I"H '"' % I,' -
pursue bl-l.iI-nakns b9o1hnaihE &c, r ms
ia an ilouuraut feature TIE asylnhs OF t'irIPc' I'
defects have ontOncd re duo 20 thr 'tH,tp' ~ "
j.
S4ssacEu et,s ne exceptsi The 4y!nns o. bia ..
w. 's an Ward GNar Ids, lad - tny are ar. ne 'o
tn,n those an Phadelpli1. The PoGS keepso Asyunh
"a a wont,rl ully EIOI institution ant MAN. iei"!Wr
have been Instituted al thc Fliihush Asylum 'hIoI-'
Ii'r agency on the NeulO.oI cal Society.
DR.. Hammond thea read a petition from the Neu-
-.ioeical Society, addressed to the legislature,
embracing many points dat be had touched upon
Tine no interesting statements in the petition were
unfinished in THE TnmCNE yesterday. DR.. Ham
,,,.5 sad in CONCLUSION that the present system 81
SUBDIVISION of the asyums was good. but tnat no
one man could 80 tie work. lie suggested the APP
Dolntulcn, of three Commissioners IN Lun&ey am
fine division Of the State INTO three districts. tic
thought there might possibly be fourth '"rmDe'
Of tho Board. who should BE- lawyer IL IS the
.,.+cr, in Euola1d. The "cri0D was character
lied - th,. most possible form of restraint
1he committee viii meet again TINS norhliig' ahu
y ,ci.tv. r.. G. Srrnin. Land9n Carter GRAY, Edward
C. Harw,oi a"d William horton nave uesA Saul'
ably las 9 week.