New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-03
OPINION, or EXPERTS IN INSANITY.

OPINIONS or EXPERTS IN INSANITY.
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE or ASYLUM
EErORM-RtsULrs OF DIR. GEtY's AID Or. S.
GUMS EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATIONS.
Interesting testimony in regard t. the man
ageuent Of the the State .sy4IGs brOgsat
out yesterday oefIre nc Senate Comm t:ae on 1ylum
Reform a the Metropolitan Hotel senator Pats co.,
drcr.d The examination. senators Woodln ard Fowler
beng absent. D. + {. s-gm i-st called, ana
tilted rs follows:
Ihave learned from good sources that The asyums on
awclis ard la aGaiIs Islands OoclcrOWdtc ans
that o. number Of assistaat pb,sicus there is alto
getner small CGrabc AMI ncUr-p,c eases arc a.
reglted instead Of being separated. TIE acuta insane,
rhu cranie cases. should Gavo aH many attendants IN
most cases people suf ring from ordinary discusses
tink would ne great benefit 10 people at large D.
We mad hospital for acute cases uflsD'tT WtIn
the uml.s BE- cay, which could ~ oicertd much tle
~ tie Bellevue ma the NeW-4"ih li,Hs Onuri
TINS system mUre cases of a. ute nsnh IS Would De 80
cnrei. and uedica. students and y"nuS graduates 10
medicine ID &Ht acquire kuC"tu-e o' .asau|. u Is
s01aetm necessary Tor ply ~ictL 90 restrain patient
but the necessity be edingly For % ar-e
a State as NeWl"'k mere lSil ee tlicr C'ln4s 4h-
prs H. lunacv, unsared. Dut with pg.c secretary,
some nat Tie plan % bill proposed iast winter.
ony separated from te state Board OF Chgtlte3. ed
strongly favor 90 trk + usau" patients "a. means
n.'d a. Pougl,,ersle a means OF reaJrl,ui. Inesa
thinss end 10 increase he excitement OF the paueu.s
aud the iaz,he-s OF TIE nurses.
Tuc next w ncSs wa Dr. 4" T. Gray, whose testimony
was Ili part a. follows;
Uud4r tue supervision II the present p,rnte"daut
OF tip Fl.tbuSb Art considerable effort uas been
m.Gc 10 rene bur MS 9owcris mitod. There
is al OUTRAGEOUS rfvicrcTjln- ia tine aFiuiu-aD0ut
500 aataut,-iu4 done link therr Should be more
L ana hlli mat upHDor They are Looked nj IN wards,
and as The institution has lnsutceut ground from the
be- unag OF winter until weather SET, ia the
lpritv 20 very little or 10 at an The urD-
portion of pDy-o altogether nadeg late. Tnor-
are i've physicians 0r the 800 patients
In ordinary lie Il man Is EOt allowed 10 treat o7en
skin disea-es without education; hu mar may De- III
la are thr least understood wAen he nao hal 80
training whatever Tor ca. postou. A $50 stem 90 c0n-
pctitIye examinations woaif remedy that abuse. An
other abuse Is IL placing jhe executive ANA mea'cii
~. z mcnt IN tie hand OF one md1. IJslc
s'Ouid also Oe some s'.icI 81 LaIn,ls
able an asylum 90 gel tne more nteiN&ent l',s
# peope be.lryc tie sy lun-, "a rc, ARE u0. prop
lOu u there i a iuna'ic as}itl. ~ i' oil VIII
comp etc library the subject u IiilJ rr1 equipped
vita COMP etc st OF ~ iuepts as hid be l,ea
because of the Immense sun money pu ir toe hands
O, trustees ad corp rate DO .es for thc equipment O.
asyluns PATENTS shOui nave access 20 ilihS maze
rals ia chose 10 vriic let ers. and locked boI
snOuid be place 81 tue wards i0r eitr ;tariasci 10
tie ,ln ISL 0ucrs Lunacy. The Commissioners ~
Lunacy Euid serve WfHOut ps ana DC ret non lOlI
/ cal il1ucuc'.
d. e.auin here took the stand again. ana said:
looh upon present law OF this stare iu re1rd 70
The commitment OF patients as reas"n aDy s~Ie. i.
might be- safer. however by rtqulrin< physicians
10 specify symptoms presented bY thr pdueht al sue
time II e1 nauCn, some or his dut ceG Its, anu Il
expression ut opinion as 10 the ma uTe OF his INSANITY
would well also make tie blank FORM siate mat
all the matter introduced IL 10 by tn phys can has been
| obtnned by hls observation Of the patient The
OF IL days from the last Visit 10 the Gay OF cctt
cation f. exec -sve and opens the for abuse. l.
snOuld be reduced 10 three OF fOur days would add
that 20 be the duty OF the Comm ssODers IN
la ,acv IN connection with the mpd cal officers OF an
usvlum 10 exaulue patients from time 10 make
sure hat tHo necessity Tor their confinement mas moi
Tue Council of tie National Association for the Protec
ton OF the Insane and Prevention Of Insanity re-
Gently appointed comm ttee consisting ~ Dr H. Z.
s-gpln Dr. II. Is. Wilbur, DR. NJ T.. Jacob. Dr. George
NJ b. ard MISS A. A Chevaiucr 10 assist tue senate
Committee now in session in Its investigations