The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-04
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DR. S. E. Smith. head of the Indiana
Hospital for the Insane, preceded Mrs.
Carlisle with talk on Mental De-
fectives." DR.. Smith said:
The problem of the mental defec-
keeps pace with our vision broadened
by scientific inquiry and sociological
investigation.
"The mental defective group is in
cluded in the lowest two per cent Of
the population and is made up of the
insane, feeble-minded and epileptics.
The subject of care of the insane is
well developed. while that of the
feeble-minded is relatively a new sub
ject and is not worked out. The term
insanity is legal term and has no
place In scientific medicine. The con-
dition is better termed mental disease.
Indiana admits to its five state hos
pitfalls 1900 mentally diseased persons
every year, and there are Z 500 such
cases in the state. The hospitals are
caring for approximately 5000 cases.
There are approximately 10000 in
this state and only 14O0 are under
otoIO SoA uCIc dic O.UOU CU11CDllCo
within the state and 1000 of these
are in need of public care. The In
diana Village for Epileptics now pro-
vides for about 400, but plans are un-
der way to increase its capacity.
The causes of mental detectives
are found in the evils of disease, ig-
norance. vice, crime and poverty,
which lead to errors in heredity.
INF ha oil IN
and drug habits. These three causes
account for 80 out of 100 cases of
mental detectives, and all are pre-
ventable.
Prevention must come from a COM
plete system of state care of the
mentally diseased, which must in
state hospital, the establishment of
free mental clinics in connection with
the hospital where expert advice and
tent cases before commitments be-
come necessary, and a broad social
service in connection with the hos
es in their families as well as pro-
vide the after care of improved cases
sent out from the hospitals.
Women's Present Mission
The prevention of the feeble-minded
must come through sterilization as far
as public opinion will permit, segrega-
ton in public institutions and colony
farms, and an EXTENSIVE and scientific
community service.
Mrs. Ella Boole, vice president of
the National w. c. T. U. talked on
THE Women and the War and the
work that the W. C. T. u can do in
this war" She stated that the women
have mission in this war that they
have never had before, and they must
do their work as an organization. Mrs.
Boole continued to tell of the work
that the w. T. C. U. can do.
The program for this evening is as
follows
Music, The Nusbaums; invocation,
Rev. John Webb, pastor of the Con-
vention church: music, The Nus
baums; greetings. on behalf of the
city, Mayor w. w. Zimmerman; on
behalf of the churches, Rev. ]. S. Hill,
pastor of Reid Memorial church; on
behalf of the schools, Superintendent
j. T. Giles; on Lehalf of the Com
mercial club, Howard Dill, president;
on behalf of the W. c. T. u, Mrs
Sophia B. Huff, W. C. T. U. county
president; music. The Nusbaums; re-
Spouse to greetings, Mrs. R. F.
Barnes; the gold and silver are his,
Mrs. Retta Jones; benediction, Rev.
R. L. Seaman