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Show WANTS INSANE ASYtUMS TO BE MADE HOSPITAt8 Jefferson City. Mo., Aug. 12. Governor Gov-ernor Hadlpy wants the state insano asylums to be mado more in the nature na-ture of hospitals and less liko houses of detention. His vlows on the subject sub-ject were contained in letters sent today to-day to tho superintendents of the state asylums. He says the main object ob-ject of tho Institutions should be to euro the patients; not simply to Imprison Im-prison them Ho asks for detailed Information as to the treatment being be-ing administered and the results obtained. ob-tained. The governor declares that as soon as a patient is admitted to an asylum a thorough investigation should bo mado with a view to effecting a cure. Ho expresses the hope that good results re-sults will come from the new system of studying the various forms of insanity, in-sanity, now being tried at the St. Joseph Jo-seph asylum. oo |