Show Modern Treatment for Insanity The hospital idea in the treatment of the insane is nowhere better exemplified than at tho State Homeopathic hospital for the insane at Middletown N Y The surroundings sur-roundings amid which tho patients live area are-a u > in themselves an inspiration of peace and a mental tonic The contrast between the modern and dfashioned manner of treatment is man ifested as soon as a patient arrives He is treated as a sick man not as a prisoner and this distinction is constantly mainlined main-lined In proof of the new hypothesis it is said that very rarely does the patient enter the hospital in good physical condition So the effort at the hospital hos-pital is first to build up the body to its best possible condition To this end most patients pati-ents are put to bed when they arrive and quiet and rest are imposed for a long time Combined with this a most nutritious diet is provided One great feature of the Mid letown hospital diet is hot milk The patients pa-tients drink great quantities of it No opiates are administered to quiet violent patients but largo quantities of hot milk are prescribed and it is said a full stomach is one of the most calming influences that can bo provided In fact in summing up the best physical moans for recuperating the worn and wasted systems of the insane Dr Talcott says they may be stated in three words heat milk and rest but the greatest of these is rest Chautauuuan |