The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-07
INSANE PATIENTS.
an Inters.tiux Ch=t with an Experienced
AsyIum Nnr-~.

an Inters.tiux Ch=t with an Experiences
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The treatment of patients i'm an in
sane a>yium Is radically different from,
the mental pictures that are drawn by
he famili es of those who have been 81
unfortunate as 10 require restraining.
Atler the first few days the patient
overcomes the horror that imagination
attaches 10 mad houses. and through.
his wandering intellec: there comes
CLEAN of light that makes him content
ed with his surroundings. Thus he be-
comes tracsable. aud the physician.
and trained attendants can quickI,
grasp his case. exposing the vulnerable
points Of his character. which are said
tn control the patient in his lucid
moments. Of course. where men or
women are seized bv paroxysm. in
citing them to destruction of them
selves or to damage property. there is
only one alternative-they must bt
rendered helpless, so that in thos,
violent moods they can do no harm.
Patients become very much attached
to special nurses, and this feeling j.
fostercd by the physicians. as it denotes
an awakening of the mental energie-
and renders th- insane person more sus-
repiible. You would be surprised TO
sec slender little Sister Of Charity al
ST. Vincent's Asylum enter the room
A patient who had torn his bedding
into shreds. smashed the few pieces of
furniture in his room and chased the
male attendants like an infuriated
beast. 1t was my first experience o,
The kind. and i expected TO see the poor
little thing torn To pieces by the mad
nan. / WAS deceived. The Sister
seemed TO eAercise n spell over the big
s;rapping f-llow. who weighed oveI
wo hundred pounds and stood six feet
in his stockings She spoke in the same
way that a mother would address a eros
child. told him he was very foolish.
hat he wasn't doing right, and thai
until he WAS ready to behave himself
she would have to punish him by put
ting on the Jacket and ''muff. two
of the worst devices in an insanse asy-
.um. That man could have crushed the
brave little woman TO a jelly without
making an effort, bu; he began CRYING
man. priest. doctor or attendant could
have approached him. and no other Sis
ter could have controlled him. These
singular attachments must be of mes
merle origin.-St. LOUIS Globe Demo
crGt.
DE fluctuation of lie mem'ry am
'stonishin'. IF yo' owe dollah,
annoddah man mus put yo' in min oh
E:t; wh'reas eff dollah am comm to-
yo'. yo' min nebbcr needs joggin.-
Judge
M ct difficulties with unflinehing
perseverance,. and they will disappear
at last; though you should fall in the
struggle. you will be honored: but
shrink from the task. You will be
desi ised. Church Jik.ion.
The rea; work of the world is done
by tie mechanics and the farmers, who
are also mechanics in their special
sphere. Politicians and warriors are
merely policemen, VIII Sc business it is
to keep order while the mechanics and
the farmers do the work.-American
4 MdchiniSE
We are apt to think too much of
our own troubles. forgetting that we
are objects of affection to some heart
at least, and that while we are brood
ing over our own mlsfUrtunes we are
saddening the hearts and darkening
the " - those who depend upon Us
1-Ass | Or comfort 80 Se4a.ngAaa