Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-19 | Page 8 | Chickens Cured Insanity

I; CHICKENS CURED INSANITY. ( Violent and Dangerous Until Placed . in Charge of Poultry. I " ' CLATilNDA, la.. July 17. While In ' charge of tho poultry industry which 1 . is a part of the Hospital for the In- ' I sane, a patient named William Miller recovered and has been discharged as , cured. The patient was sent to the hospital about six years ago. He was I violent and manifested homicidal and , suicidal tendencies, having the hallu- j oinatlon that semd person was con- tlnually chadovrlng him to kill him, and in consequence was regarded as one of the worst cases at Clarimhx and as an incurable. Durlnjc one of his lucid Intervals I Miller was taken by an attendant to j the big poultry bonce, where are kept . a number of incubators. Miller begged ' leave to have charge of the work of I looking alter the Incubators and was ' told that ho could not be trusted and J that it was feared that he might make his escape. The nytnlac promised to , work hard and not run away if per mitted to remain with the chickens. ' This happened throe years ago and t Miller became so attentive to the poul- try and watched after his work so ! carefully that for nearly two years he , has been the hots chicken raiser of the ' t hospital and now has been discharged as cured. Until he got interested in I tho' chloken business Miller was tho j craziest man In tho institution.