South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-07
SURGERY CURING
INSANITY. MEDIC
Director of New Jersey State
Hospital Outlines Strides
of Science.

III CNlElAtt-
TRENTON. y J.. Nav g. Eevo-
I1tlonary strides in soI-2s the
rro1Ieal Of the insane have been
taken 0y Or Henry A. Cotton med.-
caL director OF the New Jersey
slate hospital instantly loses many
~ its terrors IN these things Or Cot
ton has done.
Proved tina, two out Of every
three "ircurabIe" cases are durable.
Showed that physical disorders,
such as infected teeth and tons.ls
ard infections OF stomach and intes-
tires. cause more insanity than
heredity
Demonstrated that proper are Of
me health will prevent insanity.
Turned an asylum into n clinic. a
fai, into a hospital
Discarded all straight Jackets and
ether forms of mechanical restraint.
Rescued 1000 patients. two
thirds 81 wR6m would be called I'm
eursbly insane" In the last three
Years
Reduced New Jerseys insane pop
station. saving S1f6.00O this year.
NI
must be begun early saws DR. Cot
TON. who has given to the world the
remarkable results OF the work
done a. Trenton state hospital In
\ his book. The Defective Delin-
y quent and Insane"
Early Treatment Essential
Treatment in The first few months
or within the first year is neces-
sary. After three or four years the
case Is homeless
"rrpforfurafs1v for the many
chronic patientq confined i'm hospl-
GALS for the insane TODAY" he saws.
their disease has progressed to the
E+aRe where remedial therapv IL
ertirelv unsuccessful. There are at
Trenton 900 cases Of dementia
n~aecox none Of whom VIII ever
recover.
over so per cent OF the perman-
emf residents in state HOSPITALS be-
long 10 the dementia praecox group
Practically All Of these cases couid
not only have been prevented but
their svnptoms arrested aftn the
onset n the Methods Of eliminating
cbronic infection had been appled
ear1v in the course If the disease
There canine mo- excuse for fail
ure 10 treat such cases i'm early
STAGES now that the cause is known.
Relic Of Medical Superstition
"-rbe do-notbing poIicv Of those
who continue to oppose any form OF
treatment because they are con-
,-frced chat irsaDftv is hereditary
and therefore inevitable and incur.
a.hle is a relic Of medical supersti-
tion and barbarism.''
Insanity is increasing in America
four times as fast as population. Or.
cotton shows by statistics. A quar-
! Ter ~ million persons are i'm in
sane aevlun,s. not counting those in
alrnshouses. prisons and reforma-
tory New York nd Massachusetts,
have the most insane in proportion
Ia popuIation. and Arkansas. Ala
bama oklahoma and New Mexico
the fewest.
Surgical operaGons 20 correct
physical defects have reclaimed
many OF New jerseys insane AS
against 81 per cent dis ,harged prior
10 1914. II per cent were cured in
1919. 65 per cent IN 1920 and 20
per cent I'm 1921. Elsewhere In the
United States. SAYS DR.. Cotton. not
over IS per cent Of insane patients
are sufficiently improved 10 ne dis
charged permanently.
Hereditary insanity exists in only
little more than one-half Of the
patients -lassed az incurable.' says
Dr. Cotton. Injection Is the cause
oftener than insanity In the fam
uy'
Never Have Failed
Many cases occur I'm which such
eauses a. love affairs. disapPoint-
meut IL love domestic difficulties.
contuEal disharmCny and financial
reverses are considered 20 be the
only cause I'm these cases we have
never failed 90 find serious and often
extensive infection.
Following the removal OF this
infection n the disease has not
ueen Of too long duration. the men
5aI disturbance is very apt 20 adjust
when proper ,reatmen' . o. tns