Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03

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There are two points 70 oe ksDt 10 VisU 10
ths prevention q insanity. FarsE. the AVOID
aHcS u an aocDmulzfiop u the chrome insane
b. cgrs u TIE disease 10 IL early gta1ez, and.
secondly. the preTSntln a fTEt attacks q
n1eLtAl disezse.
IL tbe frst regard think We can thus far
claim almost nothing, DeFnaps from the nature
~ the naslAdy. bit more, ara inclined 70
thing from our method d treating Il. One Of
the noOet certain means 81 firmly establishing
lnc1rable eOnsUmpslve would Re 70 place every
ore with a cough Ia q hospital with several
hUndrsd others 10 al stages Of The disease. Ia
fact ne drive l1st such cases Cut q the hozpl-
tai. no matter II 70 live almost IN howell Il
there not sOmethiog Analogous 10 the tinid
young woman Or The busy man. shut
10 ia ldleness with psop,e. three
deEnented. 70 far a. the chances q cure are
cOnceFnsdf and yet the irTesp Onsibie condition
Of many Of them. for the time being. cOmpels
as 70 al least put them ia place 81 safety. 10
seems 70 me that one Of our greatest needs a.
the present tine Is a number Of small hospitals
for the early scientific treatment Of durable
insanity and next in importance Is such gen
erai know ledge Of mental disease as 10 secure
ifs proper treatment In the very first stages BY
the family physician.
We boast Of cur hunaane methods Of dealing
with the insane In modern Tines but are We
entirely cure that Il b always more humane 20
shut people ID Ia gloomy wards and do abso-
luteIy nothing for their treatment except 70
compel them 70 I've 10 spite u themselves, and
prOiCiD9 misery which without the violent
stomach tube feeding would long ago have
ended ia quiet death from lnnutTisiOnf This,
however viii b has chiefly 20 90 with the ae-
cumulatlOn Of the chronic insane and the very
+ difncnit problem OF adequately providing for
I them II very laggely question ia scc1al econo.
my. and does not 70 directly interest US as phy..
( slci tns and eanitefians - the prevention Of
the first attack Of insanity.
n the causes Of insanity are generally remote
+ and only 70 q moderate extent entirely extef-
nal as from gungtFOke. rheumatism, injury 70
( the heal, feyers, etc, It's prevention should be-
gin ct birth or even earlier The duty 81 the
child 70 the parent IL often and fully insisted
spon Sut me parents ogiy 70 me esia3 = e y
marry We DO not live In PiatO's republic or
Z Ia an IDEAL world, where the marriage relation
can be regulated by law; nor, with our present
knowledge. is II likely that We could 30 control
marriages, II we had the power. as 20 produce
much better results than now exist ia the re-
production Of the race. 30. many factors, Of
whose workings we know almost nothing, are
concerned n building the brains Of people
that marriage which our theories would impel
as 20 forbid are, as matter OF fact. often
the happlest In theie dripping, and what we
! might think ideal unions are Just as
frequently blasted with children that are only
a sorrow. There II a limit. however, beyond
which we can say that marriage e wrong 70
society. II not almost q crime ~ the children,
/ ami where We can safely predict a large meas
ure Of mental or physical defect and disease a.
It's result. Such marriages are encouraged,
1 now and then, 10 rid the adviser OF a patient
with an infirrnlty which would much better die
with him than DO left NJ legacy TO his heirs.
II Is undoubtedly though, q great mistake,
which conscientious people make over ana over
again, 20 suppose that marriage must not be
entered upon by any person with presumed
hereditary precipitation 70 disease. On the
contrary, 1udci0us marriage. based upon
judgment and mutual esteem rather than
upon emotion and Impulse. Is 70 be encouraged
na the relation most conducive % mental rest
and happinesa, and therefore health % the In.
dlvldual and not dangerous 70 the welfare or
the progeny, Give nature a chaDce, and the
tendency Is always towards health and TO
eliminate disease.
There ars many cases OF disease OF the mind
which are, like lung fever, self limited. pur-
suing tolerably definite course, rather acute,
ard whose cause IL at present as far mystery
that we csnnot explain IL, failing, IS insanity
sometimes does, where we should least sus-
pect 10. often upon those members OF family
who would appear this most likely 70 escape it.
More commonly We find chain or causes ex.
tendebcy from birth In both Of which series
OF cases we have every reason 20 believe that
reasonable preventive measures taken early
would have been succeesful
Tine hygiene OF infancy Is most important
matter In this respect, simple, nutritious, non
stimulating food, by oil means breast milk, the