New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-08
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

SARATOGA, Sept. TAT the opening OF the
Health Department of the Social Science Association Dr
Walter Charming. OF Boston, Chairman OF the depart.
ment made report of the progress made ID uat onch
during the mast year IT has undergone important
changes. Dr. Daniel Lincoln OF Boston, resigned tne
craftsmanship and in December q nhange IN inc "hoie
Committee made. the members oeins seieo'e" IRON
almost all parts Of the country. Among the new mem
hers were Emily Pope and Mary Putnam jacob, both
PHYSICIANS and the first women ever officially connected
with the department In regard TO mental diseases he
agreed with Dr. Lockhar Robertson that the increase Of
unacy is not great it has appeared because
greater diligence used in searching out lunatcs than
heretofore Following this, Dr. Claiming read paper
the treatment Of insanity OF which the following
vi abstract:
INSANITY AND INEBRIETY.
As the treatment of insanity has gone improving
from year to year we have become more and
WINGED that though strictly correctly speaking it is
disease of the BRAIN the subject be cured by
few doses of medicine and in a hospital fact
the treatment of insanity complex the moral
cia and physical treatment of the world at large.
insane is one dropped the ordinary mark of
social decorum and the weaknesses shown in open
daylight IL spite of numerous changes requiring great
skill to detect insane still preserves almost
nj cases his former ideas of the ordinary routine OF life
He still Graves the surroundings he has been accustomed
TO. 1t is felt that the oldfashOned mode of hospital
classification the putting together of the good and the
bad the rch ana the poor, is losing sight of what
might be Of the greatest Importance in the patients
No OF psychology has yet demonstrated the
whole nature of insanity One sees the physical side of
the matter is very much like broken leg. An
other only the intellectual side and endeavos sep
u
must be broad and free in views that we can
question and adopt such will best promote
the personal comfort general happiness and health of
The first thing to do to separate the ignorant poor
and the vicious class from the cultivated man of
More attention should be pad to the social relations
the insane than to any other class of confined
social condition be treated together without
good cannot associated with the bad without over
steppng the bounds OF natural proprey Society must
every degrading, demoralizing influence
should arranged that moral detectives of ali kinds
could hnd appropriate care and treatment. Although
calll care concerned the most ir-
IN several Stateso provide separate asyums for insane
criminals mention made OF the ylum for the criminal
York and which has done much to relieve asyums and
the State prisons from q dangerous class
The and reformation OF drunkards u.s. it to
me- OF the most vital questions of the present day
feeble courage and as yet little progress has been made
toward its solution The cure OF the drunkard he
the lunatic the moral mbecile and often the
hand to be used when he peases; whereas in insanity
the causes are complex and often impossible to deter
mine
The do scruple to deprive Of his lib
lection Justification for treatment a proper
place than that of the drunkadf Let away in
with the sacred rights of thesubject
Der that society must first be severely
ate neednS Should be Proceeded against ss
the insane After evdencethe Court should
flying a definite length of time for treatment
ike any institution in this ce SnSH The a,
good results of a graded plan of treatment seen
the kefoImatOry for Women SherborD Mass, where
$50 inmates entirely managed byw -Four grades
marks add il is found that nearly ali are eager to get
into better grades The treatment OF reformatory
kinds. school, chapel bowling alley, billiard and
other things tn interest and amuse should be provided
1t should under the management of large of
medical officers At least three years would be required,
probably, TO make the treatment effective
III is nara 10 remember ana frequently we lind The
drunkard and his friends losing sight of the fact that
often period OF years of abstinence necessary
20 bear any unusual strains Untn We do learn recog
nze the great OF time we shall be only par
esse; but Ia the meantime we must endeavor 70 teach
the sufferer and the sypathes Of his friends Will not
allow.
WOMEN AS PHYSICIANS.
DIR. Emily Pope read paper "The Practice of Medi-
cine by Women i'll the United States" The objects were
TO show what extent practicing medicine
In this country; whether the majority of women graduates
In medicine devote themselves TO it's practice far
their pecuniary success shows demand part of
the public ior educated physicians; what effect
the strn of practice has upon their health; what pro-
portion OF them and with what results their
pro tessiona career When women first began to study
medicine they troubled clinca instruction
An the hospitals but III the past few oppor
IN this direction have been more numerous.
The first medical school for women was founded in
November 1S4S, in Boston Elizabeth Blackwell, who
graduated at Geneva that year and located there This
continued till 1874 when merged in the medical
Medical school in New York the first school in the
country to require three years graded
tions admit women on equal terms The 470 circulars
sent women physicians have brought statistics
showing 800 i'll active practice IL never
practiced 30 retired after practicng after
Tiage, retired from lheath and taken up other
work These are in rs States, New York, Massa-
chusets ana Pennsylvania having the largest proper
OF heard from, rs per single when
they began Inc study H. per cent were married and
study, q years; ia pracosd less than year i I2
from Is to 20 years 23 20 years practicod
regular incidence ID homeopathy 10 give answer
report that tney supported themselves IRON the be-
after the first year; "a in years; IA 3 years !;
40 in various periods over 3 years 1873 say their
incomes still Insufficient, make reply; IL
practiced; % in hospital practice not
dependent ON professional income only IL are lett who
out supporting themselves 80 per cent of
have partially dependent them 269 are
Al general practice 40 make speciality of female dis
eases; A, ophtbanoogy. or 1870 who have practiced
1oss than years, 76 report health good ST. health
proved 3, health not good OF us, who practiced
from to 10 years 5s report health good 49, inprov
g. not good OF SO practcng 10 to Is years 25 report
health good H. improved l. not good or IA practis-
OF % who have had 20 years experience are in
good health l, improved l, not good or the 10 re-
fice ~ -'' ~ P'"'-
When - the large proportion of women
Re without breaking down but with
OF their physical condition, seems az il some unneces
sary anxiety had been wasted his point We do not
think 1t would be possible to lind health
among an equal number OF women taken at random
all tue country In fifteen States physician are
On an equality with men to membership county aud
State societies: sxty-hye have married since their
graduation OF whom, nineteen married physicians
fourteen ceased practice after marriage the Others
continue In practice sxtyseyen children born
and healthy. In Pennsy vana, Massac Iowa
and Michigan. women physicians have lately received
Foreign Missions have sent out about twenty women
physicians All OF whom have been successful obtaining