Report on the Condition of the Insane Poor in the County Poor Houses of New York, 1865 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Sylvester D. Willard

9780331059755: Report on the Condition of the Insane Poor in the County Poor Houses of New York, 1865 (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0331059754 ISBN 13: 9780331059755

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Excerpt from Report on the Condition of the Insane Poor in the County Poor Houses of New York, 1865

The law* directed that I should arrange a series of ques tions, such as in my judgment would be likely to elicit the greatest amount of information on this subject, procure them printed, and transmit them to each county judge in the State. It directed the county judge on the reception thereof, to appoint a competent physician, a resident of the county, to visit the county poor house, or institution where the insane poor are kept, and to examine into the condition and treatment of the insane inmates, and to transmit the result of the investigation to the undersigned. It directed me, thereupon, to condense the information so received, and report the same to your honorable body.

Previous to entering upon this duty, I visited Dr. John P. Gray, the Superintendent of the New York State Asy lum at Utica, and Drs. George Cook and John B. Chapin.

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