The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-22
GRANT COUNTY
INSANE PATIENTS
Statement Made by the state
Hospital for the Insane. Re
latiny To the Condition of
Grant County Patients

HALL, JAMES ). Admitted teb-
ruarv 9. 1886. Age 81. Physical
health good. Permanent mental
| arrangement with delusiOns. Irritable
! at times, though fairly well behaved.
HAzEN, SETH O.-Admitted July IL,
1897. Age about -. Physical health,
! suffering from heart disease; other
wise fair. Mental condition, quiet
and somewhat demented. Quiet and
pleasant in conduct. Chronic case.
ERICKSON. T.. M.-Admitted May p,
1856. Age -. Physical health not
very good, weak. Demented and dull.
| Quiet and INDUSTRIOUS in simple work.
Larson. ZACARIAS.-Admitted Jan
uary II, 1898. Age 30. Physical
health good. Permanent mental de-
terioration, though not deeply
demented. Well behaved,s works
industriously on the farm.
BRANCH. ALFRED O.-Admitted
lamar .. 1903. Age 81. Physical
! health fair. Mental condition acute
mania. Second attack, former attack
in 1894. Meagre intelligence. Con-
! duct confused and excited at time.
REQUIRES close watching. Has at
tackled others. Probably chronic.
PETERSON ANDREW C.-Admitted
March t. 1908. Age SO. Physical con-
dition fair. Mental condition. acute
mania. Conduct, noisy restless and
excited. Requires constant watching
and at times restraint. Fair chance
for recovery.
OPITz, MATHIAS.-Admitted Feb
ruary 5. 1888. Age IS. Physical
health excellent. Mental condition.
quiet, we'll behaved, considerably
demented- Conduct quiet, is indus
trious and able to do some rough
work. The case is chronic.
FISHER, CHAS.-Admitted November
8, 1892. Age about 90. Physical
health poor: up and about but weak
and poorly n~ourished. Appetite poor,
is not strong enough to walk with the
ward for exercise. Mental condition
usually quiet, but at times quite noisy,
talking out of the windows in a loud
and excited manner. The case is
chronic.
ANDERSON, JOHN E-Admitted De-
cember i, 1894. Age AZ. Physical
health fair, eats and sleeps we'll.
Mental condition, mildly demented.
Conduct, good, works some outdoors,
but needs some watching.
KASULkY, JULIUS-Admitted No
vember 10, 1896. Age AZ. Physical
health fairly good. Mental condition,
profoundly demented. AT times
untidy in habits and requires
considerable supervision. Conduct,
good. Not able to do much of any
work.
KAUFMAN HERMAN-Admitted July
l, 1897. Discharged on trial January l,
1898. Readmitted July I, 1899. Age q.
Ply health verv good. Mental
condition, some permanent mental
impairment, slightly exalted most of
the time. Conduct, combative and at
times destructive. Requires a great
deal of attention to keep him from
| getting into trouble.
JOHNSON, BETSY LENA-Admitted
October IL, 1889. Age 81. Physical
condition good. Demented, temper
mild, talks no English, not destructive,
but would be untidy if not cared for
carefully. Unconditional, mumbles a
great deal to herself.
SWANSON, Observation-Disclosures
June %, 1888. Age Al. Physical
health very good. Demented, has
periods of disturbances when she is
violent and hard to manage. Talks
perty nor untidy.
ILL., Ana ~
April 2, 1898. Age 81. Physical
health very good. Mental condition,
is a paranoiac chronic form of
insanity with decisions, quite trouble
| some in trying to escape as we'll as
m~ischievious, quarrelsome and some
times violent with other patients.
Not destructive, very neat, refined and
naturally intelligent. Talks a great
deal. Delusional.
ELLIOT, Anna W.-Admitted June
%, 1899. Age 81. Physical health
very good. Mental condition, is a
paranoiac, Unconditional. Temper,
good. Industrious, talks very ration
ally on general topics. Naturally
very intelligent.
FENNER, AMELIA-Admitted Sep
TENDER %, 1899. Age 45, Demented,
good natured as a rule, except tt
members of her own family, self
satisfied, often faultfinding. Resents
an authoritative manner, but is a
good worker, if appro ached in the
right way. Occasionally combative
with ar interfering patient. Neat.
LUNDQUIST, SARAH-Admitted
April ?, 1902. Age As. Physical
condition bad. Mental condition, a
cataleptic. Requires the same care
as an infant. Previously threatened
suicide and homicide. Has been
destructive and untidy. Entirely
mute.
KoTTKE, SoPHIA-Admitted May %,
1902. Age not recorded. Physical
health is fair. Confessional insanity.
Memory greatly impaired. Has been
homicidal. Is now quiet, pleasant,
neat and works we'll under careful
instruction. Requires watching, or
she wanders away. Talks only in