Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-29

, BosToN HAS HOSPITAL .
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might eventually lead 60 the affiic-
ton Of insanity n not checked In
time
The new Paychopaihlc hospital 10
the first Of It's Kind IN the world.
and II expected h. rny Tor itself many
times over IA the fallus - minds.
Within a few rods of one another
stand the several mombers OF that
notable Boston group Of buildings
known as the city Of Healing" and
Including ten Important institutions
81 medical scicnoe--thc Harvard Dem
tai school. the Harvard Medical
school. the Peter Bent brigham hos-
pital, the Carnegie Nutrition laborn.
tory. the cancer hospital. the Deac-
onesses' hospital. the lnfants' honpl-
tai. the Good Samaritan hospital and
the Psychopathlc hospital. which viii
soon he completed a. the latest adj
dition to the group.
The Psychopathic hospital was au-
thoriScd by the legislature In ac-
cordance with the recommendation
OF the state board ~ insanity, May 4.
. 1905. Facing on fenwood road. n
occupies about $4,000 square feet Of
land.
-Four stories In height, the build.
ing itself Is Ic-shnpcd. with the cen.
trai projecting pavilion somewhat
larger than the other two.
There are three dis0nct Depart
! menls provided FOR Reception wards
for taking and classifying persons
committed for insanity; observation
or hospital wards for special treat
mcnt ~ those who. after quick diag-
roSis. are not assigned TO any OF the
various institutions and colonies out
side of Bosson; an out-paiient de-
partment TO which. without stigma
or unpleasant publicity persons SUI
fcrlng. or believed TO be suffering.
from mental troubles may come for
treatment or advice, and from which
a broad scheme OF popular education
and preventive measures may be pre-
Jccted upon the community.
A Chancr Tor study.
n II also believed that the young
physician az the psvchopnthlc horpi-
NJ viii have an unparalleled op-
portunity tu become acquainted with
th0 best present day practices ~ O
hrnrh ui medicine tfhaet anportEuc,
seems i.ablc 10 grow rather than a.
decrease, and this opportunity will Ia
no wise depend upon whether or not
! he wishes To become a specialist In
/, alienation.
Invaluable practice IN making
quick diagnosis will be hls as cases
of the insane are received for quick
classification. II ~ predicted that he
Will learn to distinguish. with very
/ considerable correctness, which indi-
vidrals have diseases belonging 10
the orgaric group and which owe
their troubles to extensive icslons or
the substance of the brain or the
nervous system. a
| He will pass upon the cases ~ the
group who are INTENTIONALLY rather
than structurally diseased. whose alb
| CREATIONS Of conduct result from dis
| orders OF cu-nrdlnetou and control
rather than from any condition which
in "a post-mortem examination would
be plainly evident
Out OF this group he would select
quickly the Individuals who seemed
60 give evidence OF not being hope
lcksly insane and ~ being likely. IN
der hospital treatment. Of being re-
J stored quickly 60 sanity. Those q
whom help or recovery will como
more slowly will be sent eisewhc
II Is claimed that great many
men and women who are now sus'
pected VI boing inaane are sent 10 20.
lice atnJoS, ana Otherwise confined
under unhelpfui SURROUNDINGS until
that crisis 81 passed at which ths
turn 90 reason would have been pos
ninIe. These the new Psychopathls
1 A. a a.. la..ls
For the Citys Nervous Nrck~.
II IL = hospital for the bordcr-lln'
group. the fiotsam and jetsam of th'
city's nervous wrecks. the broodinl
and melancholy, the incipiently An
sane ana all the rest. many of whom
now, especially u they belong 10 an
underworld. never come 10 the notice
OF tho physician a NIL.
To all these the state extends I
message OF hope. They are Ia nees
OF help. and help will be given them
The observation wards Will be 10
Gated ON the fourth floor. Here I'M
physician viii devote himself 10 wor'
among the minds which have -
fighting chance" Here Htlli II 4
purely hospital work. In no sens
cnstodlal. The state officials beiiev'
that the best way to make this die
tlnction plain To the inmates II q
not have male attendants, but az
tractlve young woman nurses.
The out-patlent department VII
afford especially good training FOL
the medical man. and II II pointe'
out that the training OF medical mel
IL tho best way "a stamping out ex
isting disease and preventing its fu
ture recurrence. Here IL whore IN
physician viii meet the class o
down and chdeavor y
win them back 10 brighter and hap
pier iife.
II has been shown that every yea
In the metropolitan district aRou
ieO0 people act qnecrly enough 20 b
committed Tor insanity. Thos
amount 90 % per cent Of all the com
nljtments of the commonwealth.
Up % the present there havc heel
for their reception M nearby place
: With the exception of The Boston IN
sane hospital for only lev year
past state institutinn. This Wiz
$50 beds has been able 10 acconnnn
date lers than IS per cent OF IN
; needed total
! The old plan OF mafsinE mentn
diseases has gone ont Of fashion am
favor. Az early a. ISIS the All
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