The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-07


u IT really existed could only mean ths I
he whole nation is going mad. But fg-
nres are sometimes deceptive ! DO not
admit that these ere wholly truthful. /
believe that the Increase is moro apparent
Than real. There Is not. | think. greater
proportion of insanity 10 the population
Than heretofore, but wha. insanity there
Is is better understood and more generally
under treatment. There are fewer cases
Of Insanity which utterly escape the OBJ
serya.ion of medical men and thus fall 10
Re recorded among the statistics Of the
maiafy. In the old days a large number
o. families. ashamed OF the development
q Insanity among their members. aid the
unforiunates not only from the public but
from science The dread OF the old asy-
lum also played its part In inducing con-
eealment Then, too. tho poor could not
pay the prices which were charged then
fof the treatment OF the insane. All that
has changed now. OF course people do
NOT feel less horror over the development
q insanity among their relatives, but they
i'alze that II is cruelty and not kindness
70 Isolate them from proper treatment.
Asynms are run on a different basis
FROM the time when such experiences 30
taose described in Charles Rcade's great
story Hard Cash" were possihls-whsn
snase and all sorts OF ill-usage We're COM
mon n The insane hospitals--to the pres
eat IL step longer in progress than IL is
= years A very much larger proportion
" the Insane are now in confinement. or
az least, under the care OF physicians.
That alone has brought about an appar-
ea' Increase, and large one. without in
reality having changed the situation AZ
81, unless indeed II has caused many cures
which otherwise would not have been
made. and thus actually decreased the
number Of insane people,
Then. after having thus punctured one
g the most unpleasant and apparently
one OF the strongest OF the statements or
NE pessimists. DIR. Winslow turned in his
chair 70 receive a patient who was suffer
ing from melancholy mania, and who had
eeeen under the celebrated physicians
care for some weeks. He was treating
aer by hypnotic suggestion.
IL Is only fair 20 state that II there has
Reen an Improvement I'm the care anu
treatment Of the insane, the name or Wins
nw has heen perhaps more closely assoc
safed with n than any other. pr. Wins
4eNs father before him was the leader IN
the work until his son forged his way into
prominence. and there have been few re-
ierms In the asylums Of Great Britain. or
Few advances 1n the science OF treatment
N which either the father or son have not
aAd their influence. The father, also. was
ehe first 20 force criminal law 10 take ma
mental condition OF man accuseS OF
crnae into consideration. IL would. per-
nanS. be going too FAR 20 say that br
Nlhslow is the greatest living authority
On diseases or thu brain; but certainty
'aere Is no one man whose name IS asso-
GATED with more careful study. with more
wonderful cures. with more important as
eoNerieS than that uf Forbes WinSiow
The home or this great scientist - az
y Hevonshire Portnan Square. II is rot
~ especially impressive house, but 1t Is
impressive man who meets YOU ~ the
70 drawing room and buStfngly eonaucts
~ % the office at the rear OF the house.
IT Ninslow Is a man Of medium size. out
e~ertel frame. His dark hair and beard
.Iahe face OF strong outline and Srea
,'toe His eyes look out from under
sVNs that are overhanEiug and heavy.
nose eyes are the most remarkable feat
afe az the mans physical makeup. In
.ae hrst place. not for one moment AFTER
sea have seen them do YOU doubt the
se'leS which you have heard or their
,spnotie power Whom you watch them
- as theT calm a violent iuratic WITH a
S's steady look IL does not surprise yo'i.
essd they have way - sendinS
suns flauces AZ YOU from under the
$50 above them. as quick as lightning
s~es, and as disconcertlng as nrs'
Smiles might be - n hashtui
A0ea Those quick questioning g3anoeS
-. turned upon all 81 DIT Ninslew
..oFs a. short intervals There IS az
- something uncanny about them. A
naeots Thought viii show their OTIS "a.
Winslow has fer many wears had 20
WIN most extraordinary and often
- violent maniacS he has been WITH
,ss'es n a. kinds ef circumstances ani
SoFfs of ylaccs. II there + one thanS
shoat a lanathe. Il i that ne cannot