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... various phases of the problem , but , no one of these books answers the purpose in mind . When the writer first became interested in mental hygiene activi- ties , he sought in vain for any one volume or even for several which would give ...
... various phases of the problem , but , no one of these books answers the purpose in mind . When the writer first became interested in mental hygiene activi- ties , he sought in vain for any one volume or even for several which would give ...
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... various classes of the insane , including psychopathic hospitals for the acutely insane in cities , and colonies for the chronic and mixed classes of in- sane in the country ; or of scientific study , rational treatment and preventive ...
... various classes of the insane , including psychopathic hospitals for the acutely insane in cities , and colonies for the chronic and mixed classes of in- sane in the country ; or of scientific study , rational treatment and preventive ...
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... various state hos- pitals by Laws of 1891 , chap . 91 . 4 State Commission in Lunacy , Annual Report , 1893 , pp . 5-6 . • Laws of 1890 , chap . 126 , sec . I. of state care.1 The commission , even before the enactment 32 [ 174 SOCIAL ...
... various state hos- pitals by Laws of 1891 , chap . 91 . 4 State Commission in Lunacy , Annual Report , 1893 , pp . 5-6 . • Laws of 1890 , chap . 126 , sec . I. of state care.1 The commission , even before the enactment 32 [ 174 SOCIAL ...
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... various hospitals . * Appointment of a medical inspector to visit and inspect the state hospitals and other institutions for the insane , and to examine all patients admitted , subject to the direction of the commission . All the state ...
... various hospitals . * Appointment of a medical inspector to visit and inspect the state hospitals and other institutions for the insane , and to examine all patients admitted , subject to the direction of the commission . All the state ...
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... various state hospitals , the rôle of the association has been merely that of an interested , cooperating outsider . V. RECEPTION OR PSYCHOPATHIC HOSPITALS Between the years 1880 and 1890 , medical men began to realize that in order to ...
... various state hospitals , the rôle of the association has been merely that of an interested , cooperating outsider . V. RECEPTION OR PSYCHOPATHIC HOSPITALS Between the years 1880 and 1890 , medical men began to realize that in order to ...
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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.