Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-17

need Of additional ROOM"
On page ~ of the report under
Causes OF Admission" from January ],
1918, to November 1. 1918, Jackson in
cludes four errors which he explains as
follows:
Error (not insane):
BOY IS VICTIM.
"Of the errors, one man stayed over
night, one stayed one day, one stayed
two days; one. a boy of 10, went from
the farm to town. fell In with two who
got him drunk and left him with the
| rarity filled bottle In his pocket. He
was arrested, served for having whisky
in his pocket. sent here and we sent
him home. His first offense. because
being gullible, and he Is started In life
| with sn unjust record of having been
committed as insane. The fourth one
stayed three days. All have been out
| several months with good records.
while was superintendent visited
nearby probate judges and doctors and
urged upon them the fact that they
were sending US people that did not be-
long there Those farther away wrote
| to and followed that up with this re-
port. / am sorry to say such appeals
had but little effect and for Just one
reason; whom they were sent to tho in
sane asylum the state assumed the
care of them. II they were kept at
homo the county would have to DO It"
says DR.. Jackson.
Eastern states charge to, each
county the care Of the patients they
send to their asylums. The result Is
that patients are not sent there that
are not insane. and even the insane
patients resources are looked into
carefully and their friends, or their
estate pay 1p the 3 eilis; Y p0ssi pc
Under our present system the pro-
bate Judge apparently thinks he stands
\ in with the voters OF the county by
passing this on to the care OF tho state.
thus relieving the county Of that ex-
pense. Tho offcnses In his particular
were so aggravatfng that finally stood
suit to see II the abuse could not be
stopped. The sheriff Of Twin Falls
county called me up one day and said
he had male patient for mo that Pro-
\ bate Judge Duval had committed, tell
Ing me that 1t would take two at
tendants to handle him.
II sent an attendant and told him
| to investigate the case. He might need
| two attendants to care for the patient
because he was so violent. and 1t might
be that he was 30 helpless that 1t would
| require two to handle him, and that
| II he was q bed-ridden patient not to
bring him, as we had a rule ut the
institution against taking bed-ridden
patients. The attendant, who had had
years Of experience IN insane work
called me mp after reaching Twin Falls,
to say that he had talked with the
man quite awhile and he could ind
no evidence Of insanity, but that he
was a paralytic laying helpless upon
HAD PARALYSIS.
HE had suffered q stroke Of pa
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the train, and he was taken from the
train to the county physictan's Office
The county physician prescribed for
him and sent him out to the poor farm
for care. That night he suffered q
great deal OF pain and yelled for re-
lief The next day the matron.of the
farm turned him over to the probate
was committed to this asylum. told
the attendant not TO bring him and
later the sheriff mandamussod me be-
fore Judge Babcock, who compelled me
to take this patient. went TO Twin
/ Falls and examined the man carefully
COURT leouES oApgN.
I'm Judge Babcock's court tsstinsd
that he was not insane. Or. Pike.
former superintendent Of the asylum
here, testified that he was not . NJ sub
ject for the asylum. Tho county ply
| stefan who declared him insane 3D.
mitted he know nothing Of insanity and
yet Judge Babccck compelled ne TO
4 take this man.
4 explained the situation to the four
attendants on that ward and asked
4 them 70 watch him carefully and ~ n
| they could see any evidence Of insanity.
\ II told the patients that any TINA.
4 he was suffering pain 70 call the at-1
tendants and they would rive him y,
\ rub and try and meke him comfort
able, which they did for the three
| weeks that he lived befoPe q second
thanked the attendants and mySelf for
\ the care he received ond coG1ylnce6 ~
beyond eusstion mat a wa6 nct m
| 50dizf szi;a5
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