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IE. ::tiyeriyba-arvilayand;wifcHffOL’IdCBturnliaareo-JQV-Jved-dayrtL—anueso new ‘fthlo s to wilti of VIT1K:lt;1 OfBLACKWELL’S ISLAND LIFE.PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AS CARED IfOR BY THE BOARD OR CHARITY AND CORRECTION.WHAT ABE TUB .ESPECIAL DEFECTS IN TDK OFFICIAL TREATMENT OF TUB FEMALE INSANE.9[WEBB OFFICIAL*,Y PREPARED FOR •lt; THE WORLD ” DY TUB 6TATE CTTlltiTIBfl AID ASSOCIATIONS.] .NO. IV..The Commissioners of Charities and Correction are called apon to solve the rooet perplexing problems In the Government of the city of New York.They hafe the obargo of alt the paupers, sion and well, ah the Idbhbc poor, the feeble-minded and helpless, and all the orimlnaiB out ol ft population of over a million gouls, To treat the sick tenderly, the criminals justly, the paupers wisely, is a tosfc so vast and complex that many years* study-might bo advantageously spent In preparations for the undertaking. in this and subsequent papers It Is proposed to show how the task is talfllled, On Blackwcll’a Island stand live largo institutions con taming about 0,000 persons. The county of New York DWttbbrs among its dependants upwards of l,lCtHnfluncmon and more than 1,500 Insane women. Even at the low rate per capita at which they are now provided for the total cost for their maintenance to the county exceeds $250,0110 a year.WfMfiVIO f\T* fhli AtllAl* ttlfld rtf thfl rtrtllOTl U(lV t.Uflt l.HftfNHiW iORK : MONDAXjcomfortably as records warmth; the dress la gjn-tlHfh * * 1,111014 Brown Jim, out withoutJfJhli fte Wearer, bo badly washed that tlio a?a accumulate. and never ironed VfJSXSfKlSP a p^7 calico aprou; no collarWBr(1 ou tllc wtik of a patient, matures display are some-times Knots of blue or scarlet flannel tied on their lt;*)ntHQ» lU-Rhapi'n figures that tli*y have£ofiwetl Into their dmaoa. Not long since a nurse gave a patient b. clean fight ofien of her ,7 ? rawed and fresh looking, and tfio 75*21 she bad donned It, earned herself2LSJt ^ aLtlt;r,!fl for a promenade. She9?er-,at fl,.nnfir with a bright, smiling enjoyed herself Highly. As » whom clean aprons teach the value of clean bands and faces, so pretty dresses would l\,JL {Z^ }]u?* women clean habits and lift i1 slough of neglect of personal care wi°Jlf« j?\ P^uL?n accompaniment of!S55^L B0 0 lB 1ftla regarded that these brown gowns are often worni. , , moiittfRcturer’H label not remove i and iho bedg are made up with sheets and pillow* cancM Htitl hcariijg the blue lettering o! the fimtory, f?0? ? Dart the whaleBomegratiucstioii of the Imagination and bmih^k plays inthe most approved and successful modern treatment or iDRftnity the u ply Imriennm of these surround-ims will count for much m estimating the causes 7. IWtiCBlagu of cures coming from tbia public Institution. But lei us look for a moment at the part that greatest of mi curative agents in the treatment of insanity, employment, plava in treatment at B Jack well's Island, To be cffccUud anil perform Itn Intended pnrpose employment, must poaecBB an element of Interest and a cetluln stimulatory quality. If it Is merely a monotonous mechanical occupation, leaving this Kick bram to mmuetig weary circle of fixed ideas. •It does not help the patient. Its object in the treat^ ment of insanity ia\o interest the mind of the Insane person in something outside of itself—beyond Ira shut-In. dfttk, alienated condUhm. The moment an insane person thinks of ami ib concerned with Homa-itilng not within ttmiv mm mind. llnm cure bus
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New York World
New York, New York, US
Mon, Feb 10, 1879
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