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About 250 insane persons were transferred yesterday to the new Eastern Shore State Hospital for the Insane, which is located near Cam bridge, from the Springfield State Hospital for the Insane, at Sykesville; the Spring Grove State Hospital, at Catonsville, and the Cecil County Almshouse, at Cherry Hill. The trans fer of the latter marks the end of the county almshouse system of caring for insane. The institution is situ ated on the Choptank river. It is said that it was one of the largest, if not the largest, transfer of insane persons ever made, and the utmost precautions were taken by Dr. Arthur P. Herring, secretary of the State Lunacy Commission, who was in charge, to insure safety. Numer ous physicians and nurses were in at tendance. Policemen met the trains and were at the boat and even a band was on hand to give music at the mo ments when excitement was expected, the insane being easily soothed, it is said, in that way. All the patients were landed safely at the hospital wharf and placed in the dormitories without mishap.
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Cumberland Press
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Wed, May 19, 1915
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