| Show IT IS MODEL ASYLUM i WISCONSIN STATIc INSTITUTION loon THE INSANE tutors 0105 In ls Eirr ree Itesoltt 1hro1I It 1hroro anrI04 on St lAir 1 lllreot 1 lan trots ttue ltetrenls Onhkoeh tatter I r HAT U knoirn is If tho Wl onstn is t 7 tern of owlet for 1 f J f1lA1 Insane li n I It I trading the attrn r lion of phytMtni rr P aO philanthropist and fL people Infrared in tho core of dependent depen-dent deems ZZfc tbrollllhOllt the country The evIl nary methcxl of curing for the lassos onslils In building large establish nenld which contain from COO lu 2500 Inmates It In very common In usny elate 10 have asylums that hold 1200 and I COO patients In these grot asylums ums the acute nnd chronic are mingled tll n greater or tens I extent H often appens that there are rallenlsla these asylums who have been hassles for twenty years It was formerly supposed sup-posed that the mingling of lit acute and chronic Insino wa beneftclil from a psychological point of view It Is I r d NOItTIIKIlN HOSIITAh FOll THE INSANE now not generally bi that tho mingling of the acute ironic insane In-sane benefits either class It U not generally believed that locking up n man who has been Insane for a short lime only with one who has been Inane In-ane n long time has any remedial Influence In-fluence upon either one Tho Wlscon eli Idea Is I to abandon these mammoth Institutions nnd to keep the chronic Insane the majority of whom are Incurable In-curable away from the mare recent cases caseThere aro In Wisconsin twentytwo county asylums for the chronic Insane which are scattered throughout the state and two slate Institutions for the treatment of the recent eases of Insanity In-sanity One of thcso Institutions Ibo Northern Hospital for Ibt Insane Is I located near this city At this Institution Institu-tion a number of modlAcsllons of former for-mer methods of treatroentMTa recently recent-ly I been Introduced and a vigorous effort ef-fort Is I being made to make this Institution Institu-tion a genuine hospital leaving out all asylum features a Irui hospital being n curative Institution and an leylum merely a house of refuge The writer recently visited this Institution Insti-tution and was shown over thin ostab 11 lumen t by Ir W A Clordon the new superintendent Among many other Improvements made during the last year his been the Introduction of a congregate dlnlngroom where patients take their meals In wo largo room Instead of In the ward ni In former day Two Turkish bathrooms one for the men and one for the women have also been put Into the Institution Patients Pa-tients are no longer wished In the old faxhlotnd tub baths but are given scrub and shower baths and lira rendered ren-dered fresh and ctesily by being placed upon a table and scrubbed after the manner adopted by nil Turkish baths The diet of the patient has been materially changed from former time Strong tea and coffee are no longer given but In their place large quantities quanti-ties of milk are used Iatlrnt are ac i I Still w A cionnoN corded a greater urlcty Of vegetable diet and not so much meat aa formerly Every I week there II l a Picnic where good music Is MrnUbed and dunclng Is Indulged In Uefrwhniintt are served after Tho popular magailne of the day are much more liberally supplied than heretofore JUt rides lire used to a large extent and are suppoeod to have a helpful Influence The disposal of the sowage has been materially al teed CoiwIdcrabU attention has been Given to promoting Iho comfort of the i mployco A iepar le dlnlnaroom has been fitted fur them also a recoptlon room for their especial benctit Inunc lion of oil and IIInco treatment i have bf en IntroduCe and form a prominent prom-inent feature In tn treatment of the Insane A very humanefcaturo la I the K Ung of the doors of t ryp puienlu unlocked un-locked at metal allll the allot lotto haa ben Increased K > that I the unclent I method of locking n pmleol In his room for the night no longer obtains In the old days the attendants shaved the pa treats In the ward A barbershop ha been opened tip In the Irtftmeml where skillful tonsorial artists attend to tbo want of the hoim > hold A most recent departure la I the Introduction Intro-duction of R hospital cthool where rlihmelle geography writing spelling and United States history Met taught Think of Insane patients going to school and apparently not only as 11111 rIng benefit from the commingling and the arousing of thought but actually ac-tually enjoying It A professional teacher Is employed l n regular program gone through with nnd the results thus far obtained give njfursnro that this may form the bulls of n revolution In ItiMuio hospital management Etch day too In the main diningroom which also constitute the audllorlum of the Institution literary and musical norch are had being participated In generally or at least listened to by the patients Ir lordon who for years his made mental phenomena n study believes that If he can divert the mind of his patients from than morbid visionary vision-ary and unreal Imsgei and subjects that now fill them the battle Is I won Therefore his whole itrugtto Is along that line It Is only fair to him to say that ho box accomplished wonders labile la-bile short Incumbency In all his effort ef-fort he U I ably seconded by his wife an estimable and handsome woman whose natural kindliness prompts her to many noble and alleviating acts among the forlunalo unfortunates that I the Wisconsin Northern Hospital shelters shel-ters |
