Annual Reports of Officers, Boards and Institutions of the Commonwealth of VirginiaSuperintendent of State Printing., 1873 |
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Page 23 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Page 24 - The observ'd of all observers, quite, quite down ! And I, of ladies most deject and wretched, That suck'd the honey of his music vows, Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, Like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harsh; That unmatch'd form and feature of blown
Page 24 - O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown! The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observed of all observers, quite, quite down!
Page 5 - They shall devise some scheme whereby medical and vital statistics of sanitary value may be obtained, and act as an advisory board to the State in all hygienic and medical matters, especially such as relate to the location, construction,, sewerage, and administration of prisons, hospitals, asylums, and other public institutions.
Page 53 - The situation and circumstances of different institutions may require a considerable number of persons to be employed in various other positions ; but in every hospital, at least, all those that have been referred to are deemed not only desirable, but absolutely necessary, to give all the advantages that may be hoped for from a liberal and enlightened treatment of the insane.
Page 56 - Resolved, That this Association reaffirm in the most emphatic manner its former declarations in regard to the construction and organization of hospitals for the insane; and it would take the present occasion to add that at no time since these declarations were originally made has anything been said or done to change in any respect its frequently expressed and unequivocal convictions on the following points, derived as they have been, from the patient, varied, and long continued observations of most...
Page 52 - Institution, selected in such a manner, as will be likely most effectually to protect it from all influences connected with political measures or political changes, if of a private corporation, by those properly authorized to vote.
Page 5 - They shall make sanitary investigations and inquiries in respect to the people, the causes of disease, and especially of epidemics, and the sources of mortality and the effects of localities, employments, conditions and circumstances on the public health...
Page 55 - All Hospitals should be warmed by passing an abundance of pure, fresh air from the external atmosphere over pipes or plates containing steam under low pressure, or hot water, the temperature of which, at the boiler, does not exceed 212° F., and placed in the basement or cellar of the building to be heated.
Page 53 - I. Every hospital for the insane should be in the country, not within less than two miles of a large town, and easily accessible at all seasons.