Social Aspects of the Treatment of the Insane |
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... taken by the legislature in the recognition of the insane as a special class of diseased persons , requiring medical care and treatment in institutions . of a definite character . It also established the principle of its judicial ...
... taken by the legislature in the recognition of the insane as a special class of diseased persons , requiring medical care and treatment in institutions . of a definite character . It also established the principle of its judicial ...
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... taken . In the same session ( 1831 ) Dr. Samuel White , superintendent of the Hudson Lunatic Asylum , applied for a subsidy in aid of his institution . * A special committee on Lunacy Legislation spoke very highly of the Hudson Asylum ...
... taken . In the same session ( 1831 ) Dr. Samuel White , superintendent of the Hudson Lunatic Asylum , applied for a subsidy in aid of his institution . * A special committee on Lunacy Legislation spoke very highly of the Hudson Asylum ...
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... taken before the legislature adjourned . 4 In January 1834 , Gov. Marcy recalled the matter to the notice of the legislature . A special committee was again appointed ; belief in state provision for the insane was reaffirmed , but no ...
... taken before the legislature adjourned . 4 In January 1834 , Gov. Marcy recalled the matter to the notice of the legislature . A special committee was again appointed ; belief in state provision for the insane was reaffirmed , but no ...
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... taken , and in 1867 a law was passed authorizing the establishment of the Hudson River Asylum at Poughkeepsie . " This institution was opened in 1871 for the reception of the so - called acute cases . In 1870 a law ' Hurd , Henry W ...
... taken , and in 1867 a law was passed authorizing the establishment of the Hudson River Asylum at Poughkeepsie . " This institution was opened in 1871 for the reception of the so - called acute cases . In 1870 a law ' Hurd , Henry W ...
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... taken at this time nor for some years thereafter . 2 1 It was not until 1900 that a definite recommendation for the erection of a reception hospital was made by the State Charities Aid Association . The plan advocated provided for the ...
... taken at this time nor for some years thereafter . 2 1 It was not until 1900 that a definite recommendation for the erection of a reception hospital was made by the State Charities Aid Association . The plan advocated provided for the ...
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Page 27 - No person shall be committed to or confined as a patient in any asylum, public or private, or in any institution, home or retreat for the care and treatment of the insane, except upon the certificate of two physicians, under oath, setting forth the insanity of such person.
Page 102 - ... might have been detected by means of a competent medical examination at such time, such person shall pay to the collector of customs of the...
Page 168 - I have not to my knowledge been infected with any venereal disease, or if I have been so infected within five years I have had a laboratory test within that period which shows that I am now free from infection from any such disease.
Page 27 - But no person shall be held in confinement in any such asylum for more than five days, unless within that time such certificate be approved by a judge or justice of a court of record of the county or district in which the alleged lunatic resides, and said judge or justice may institute inquiry and take proofs as to any alleged lunacy before approving or disapproving of such certificate, and said judge or justice may, in his discretion call a jury in each case to determine the question of lunacy.
Page 102 - States or of all forms of law or the assassination of public officials; any alien who within five years after entry becomes a public charge from causes not affirmatively shown to have arisen subsequent to landing...
Page 57 - ... the magistrate must issue a warrant, directed generally to the sheriff of the county, or any constable, marshal, or policeman in the state, reciting the substance of the information and commanding the officer forthwith to arrest the person informed of and bring him before the magistrate.
Page 55 - ... representative of an incorporated society doing charitable or philanthropic work. When the trustees of Bellevue and allied hospitals are thus informed of an apparently insane person, residing in the boroughs of Manhattan or the Bronx...
Page 45 - Commission by the Committee on Mental Hygiene of the State Charities Aid Association, November 1917.
Page 78 - July, nineteen hundred and one, the jurisdiction of the department of public charities of The City of New York over Bellevue Hospital and the Fordham, Harlem and Gouverneur Hospitals and the Emergency Hospital in east Twenty-sixth street...
Page 105 - ... punishable by imprisonment in a state prison not exceeding two years, or by a fine not exceeding three times the value of the property omitted in such bill, or both.