Annual Report of the Government Hospital for the Insane ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 |
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... adhesions to the pia arachnoid in this region were abrormally firm . Brain : The weight was not ascertained , but it seemed about the average . Brain tissue very soft , probably in part due to post - mortem change ; with this exception ...
... adhesions to the pia arachnoid in this region were abrormally firm . Brain : The weight was not ascertained , but it seemed about the average . Brain tissue very soft , probably in part due to post - mortem change ; with this exception ...
Page 66
... adhesions on both sides . Tubercular pleuritis of right side , and tubercular disease of both lungs . Heart : Weight , 14 ounces . The pericardium contained a slight increase of fluid , and the surfaces were covered by lymph . Valves of ...
... adhesions on both sides . Tubercular pleuritis of right side , and tubercular disease of both lungs . Heart : Weight , 14 ounces . The pericardium contained a slight increase of fluid , and the surfaces were covered by lymph . Valves of ...
Page 68
... adhesions on both sides , and the lungs were involved in advanced tubercular disease . Heart : Weight apparently normal ; pericardial cavity obliterated by chronic adhe- sions ; valves of right side normal ; aortic valves slightly ...
... adhesions on both sides , and the lungs were involved in advanced tubercular disease . Heart : Weight apparently normal ; pericardial cavity obliterated by chronic adhe- sions ; valves of right side normal ; aortic valves slightly ...
Page 69
... adhesions on right side ; lungs hypostatic and oedema- tons posteriorly . Heart : Weight , 9 ounces . Some chronic pericardial adhesions ; valves normal . Abdomen . - The spleen weighed 31 ounces ; pulp soft and pale . Kidneys : Weight ...
... adhesions on right side ; lungs hypostatic and oedema- tons posteriorly . Heart : Weight , 9 ounces . Some chronic pericardial adhesions ; valves normal . Abdomen . - The spleen weighed 31 ounces ; pulp soft and pale . Kidneys : Weight ...
Page 70
... adhesions on both sides . Lungs normal , except a sinall calcareous nodule in the right apex . Heart : Weight , 9 ounces . Superficial vessels tortuous ; valves of right side nor- mal ; aortic valves slightly thickened and roughened by ...
... adhesions on both sides . Lungs normal , except a sinall calcareous nodule in the right apex . Heart : Weight , 9 ounces . Superficial vessels tortuous ; valves of right side nor- mal ; aortic valves slightly thickened and roughened by ...
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30 John 31 Pay roll Adams Express Co adherent aged aorta apices arteries atheromatous atrophied Barbour & Son basal ganglia bladder Board of John bone Brain showed brain tissue capsule cavities cells cerebellum Chas chronic dementia chronic mania chronic melancholia Classified expenditures congested convexity convolutions cortex Cranium.-Antero-posterior diameter dilated diploë dura mater Duration of mental ending June 30 enlarged ependyma false membrane fiscal year ending Frank Hume frontal frontal lobes gall-bladder glands Government Hospital granular Heart hemorrhage hours after death inches inner surface Insane intestines June 30 Kidneys late soldier left side Liver lobe Marine-Hospital Service melancholia Mental disease mitral valve nativity normal oedematous organs showed ounces patients perivascular spaces pia mater portions posterior right side shrunken Skull slight slightly thickened soft softening Spleen sutures thin transverse tubercular deposits tumor ulceration valves of left ventricles vessels Voucher W. M. Galt Weight of left White Colored
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Page 23 - It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, of the Secretary of the Navy, and of the Secretary of the Interior to cause and require every contract made by them severally on behalf of the government, or by their officers under them appointed to make such contracts, to be reduced to writing, and signed by the contracting parties with their names at the end thereof...
Page 22 - For support, clothing, and treatment In Saint Elizabeths Hospital for the Insane of insane persons from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, insane inmates of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, persons charged with or convicted of crimes against the United States who are insane, all persons who have become insane since their entry into the military and naval service of the United States, insane civilians in the quartermaster service of the Army, insane persons transferred...
Page 37 - ... in the purchase of such books, periodicals, and papers as may be required for the purposes of the hospital and for the medical library, and not exceeding $1,500 for actual and necessary expenses Incurred in the apprehension and return to the hospital of escaped patients. Act of Mar.
Page 18 - GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. For current expenses of the Government Hospital for the Insane : For support, clothing, and treatment in the Government Hospital for the Insane of the insane...
Page 45 - Congress annually of the detailed receipts and expenditures of the hospital for the preceding fiscal year, I have the honor to submit the following statement. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WW GODDING, Superintendent.
Page 35 - In accordance with the act of Congress approved June 4, 1880, requiring the superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane to make a report to Congress annually of the detailed receipts and expenditures of the hospital for the preceding fiscal year, I have the honor to submit the following statement.
Page 25 - Commissioners can discover who his friends are, or whence he came, with a view to the return of such person to such friends, or to the place of his residence, and thus relieve the District of the expense and charge of such indigent insane nonresident.
Page 20 - Distances exceeds this amount. In all cases it is desirable that at least a portion of the pension should be available for special use of the patient for small purchases which the hospital can not ordinarily supply. It is therefore recommended that the law be so amended as to permit all pensions of patients to be paid to the superintendent while the pensioners are inmates of the hospital, and that he be authorized to use the pension, under regulations established...
Page 19 - SIR : In accordance with the act of Congress, approved June 4, 1880, requiring the Superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane to make a report to Congress annually of the detailed expenditures of the hospital for the preceding fiscal year, I have the honor to submit the following statement. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WW GODDING, Superintendent.
Page 24 - Corps, have been admitted to the hospital and have been thereafter discharged from it on the supposition that they have recovered their reason, and have, within three years after such discharge, become again insane from causes existing at the time of such discharge and have no adequate means of support...