The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-02

Tuesday. March 2. loo0
ouR rRHArM4Nr o. T1gE IN.
SANE.
DR. Hammond, in the international
Review fos March, presents this topic
in An able mspnse. The tssatosnt Of
this class Of uuEoetupstes has taxed The
generosity, philsnthropby asd iagenu-
ity Of benevolent men ipe ages. yet 10
reading the article naoed il would
seem that spplisscse foe The tssatmsnt
of the mind diseased 90 yst lar from
bsin9 In eli instsncse q that hunase
character which misSortsas sheuld 81
ways excite. Ruwors IN regard 70 The
bal management Of the 1ongvtew Asy.
lum 10 Ohio became % pgDSolsot tbae
the Legislature Of that 6tsts appointed
a COMMITTEES 70 invsetisats them. and
toe following extraetS from The report
of this committee are given BY Dr.
Hammond:
According 70 the tssti.ssy e several
eye. witnesses. . punishment ffsquent-
II. end semstimse eleslaily, sseoeae1 -
6y the sttsudsptS n this asylum 10 one
known .. taking down. Taking
down, in the words Of The tsstinonys
consists in tripping o. throwing the p
tisnt 70 the ASo9, holding hse dows
(for taking down h . female psnish-
meot; the men bsing usually hooked
down. with The knes o ~ 49,. while
another employee gaos ~ 49, 81
still another holds the patisnts hasde.
The patient 10 held down till she u
ouite weak and exhausted. becomes
purpie q III lass. cd ~ besaah u
almost gone.
Anot6se punishnent l. 70 asks .
'spresd eagle Of the Dstisnt. This con-
sists in stripping the patient to naked
ness, and making attendants whip him
With vet towels. This Il punishment
inflicted for . refusal 70 work. II 10
described q vssy painial, asd b prno-
tised beoause u leaves 70 nasks.
There i testimony - 70 duckiog,
kicking, beating, black eyes and other
msrks Of cruelty. It u in svidsnos
that weak patients ere ovee-worked.
and eli inmates hsvo not bsen proper
II fed and cared foe. Hard WORT be-
been medically eompelled In . soom n
which the mercury stood ct one han
dred and twenty degrees. The nee Of
'csibs' aad the strong s0em' b shown.
Loathsoms vesmin in loathsoms num-
bers have been allowed 20 acoomulate
upon the bsddiso. apparel and ths per-
con Of the patisnts. All these things
and olhsrs told with . paipfal pleinnesa
is the tsstinony that hee msds part Of
this report.
Few. even among those who have
given some attention 70 the subj
know tho depth Of wrstchednsss IA
which within . comparatively short
period the lunsiic was consigned. and
wh,ch, even 4 ths psssanS day. il II
some places scarcely 1esseasd. DE-
Cenolly, whose advanced ideas Of sci-
snce and humanity led 70 the uniform
adoption in England Of the non-rs-
straint system Of tssatmspk speaking
only thirty years ago % this subject,
says: Very few physicisss Of edueeaion
were to be foand. until . recent period,
oeve'i"s tcsmse'vss 20 !ne @snsAt gu
otaets. anc:s cccup,ea sa lsol
~: cnsny oMt.u aasaeo ~ N ecc.'
.!'clsy sou : Ivy a"sss w..ou; ssas
tions, make them willing 70 undertake
to treat mad people. By such persons
i'll educated, prOiudicod, and without
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