Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-01-06
fuLTon,INsANE ASYLUM.
Interview With Dr.. Reed, One oi tht
Board, Who Says Everything
About the Institution
is in Fine Shape.

DIR. w. L. Reed, formerly Of Mexico,
now of st. Louis, was in Mexico this
week en- route home from Fulton. He
is member of the Board of Man
ayers Of the Insane Asylum located at
Fulton. He gave the following inter-
view to newspaper reporter:
"The asylum Is in an excellent con-
dition. The superintendent has
shown himself o man of wonderful
executive ability and the whole COM
munity is ready to bestow upon him
the need of praise. There has been
a complete revolution in the minds of
the people. They were told that the
institution would be declmated IL
allopathy were thrown out; instead Of
this there has been q wonderful in
crease, with less death record and q
greater per cent of discharges as
cured. The patients have been better
fed and we have erected as fine q
kitchen as can be found anywhere,
with all modern improvements at a
small expense to the state. Also q
very fine chapel has been erected, in
which the patients are entertained
royalty twice week.
While there are q great many pa
tients who are epileptics and idietic
who never can be improved, yet there
has been wonderful Improvement in
nearly all the patients. There is a
large per cent Of the inmates who
have been there for many years and
have become old chonic cases and will
probably always be patients until
death relieves them of their misery.
There is one consolation, they are not
being poisoned, as heretofore, by
strong drugs. The properly selected
homeopathic remedy has proved all
sufficient to restore tranquility to the
most turbulent mind.
The water furnished the patients il
fresh from the well, 5s degrees tenn
perature. The water comes from the
well and returns in three minutes, 80
they have no stagnant warm water to
drink. Our great and good Governor
deserves the gratitude OF the people oi
the state for the decided stand he has
taken in giving the asylum into the
hands Of national medicine. Future
generations will bestow praise upon
our noble Governor"
The following tables recently given
out and to which our attention hai
been called by DR.. Reed, show the
number of elderly people, also the
cures and death rate:
Patients whose ages run from 80 te
55, So; from 55 to so, 4s; from so to 65
4s; from 65 to 20, 81; from 20 to 75, "a
from rs to 80, 8; from So to so, z. To-
tai, 232.
Discharged as cured during the
period from the 18th of April to tn,
18th Of December, 1895, So; died, 81
Discharged as cured during the cor
responding period of this year, 8s
died, %.
April, the month during which DR.
Coombs took charge, the amount pait
employees was $3.50 and for lasI
month, %, ,462.
The amount voted by the Legisla.
ture for support is $4,000. or thi'
sum $6,79s had been used up to tn,
time the present administration tool
charge, and at the time Of writing tn,
sum at the credit OF the fund is Oh, 900
showing that the asylum has main
tanned itself and at the same tim,
accumulated surplus.
Another item worthy of mention Il
the shoes purchased for patients
The price prior to April was 81.35 PEI
pair and now the same shoe from thu
same firm costs s1.o5 per pair.