Annual Report of the Government Hospital for the Insane ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 |
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... appearance , but its great beauty will be found in its use . should the hour of need ever come . Congress at the last session provided for the construction of quarters for the distinct care of the epileptic insane . Plans for the ...
... appearance , but its great beauty will be found in its use . should the hour of need ever come . Congress at the last session provided for the construction of quarters for the distinct care of the epileptic insane . Plans for the ...
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... appearances were found except a tortuous condition of the pial veins of the lower portion . Thorax . - Strong pleuritic adhesions on right side ; lungs hypostatic and oedema- tons posteriorly . Heart : Weight , 9 ounces . Some chronic ...
... appearances were found except a tortuous condition of the pial veins of the lower portion . Thorax . - Strong pleuritic adhesions on right side ; lungs hypostatic and oedema- tons posteriorly . Heart : Weight , 9 ounces . Some chronic ...
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... appearance of brain tissue normal . Thorax . - Some recent lymph deposits and subpleural ecchymoses over the surface ... appearances nor- Liver : Parenchyma flabby and soft . Gall - bladder , transverse colon , duodenum , and other ...
... appearance of brain tissue normal . Thorax . - Some recent lymph deposits and subpleural ecchymoses over the surface ... appearances nor- Liver : Parenchyma flabby and soft . Gall - bladder , transverse colon , duodenum , and other ...
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... appearances of the brain were in every respect normal except the bile - staining of the tissues . Thorax . - Firm ... appearance , contained many black granules , and presented no trace of bile . The cause of the retention of fluid ...
... appearances of the brain were in every respect normal except the bile - staining of the tissues . Thorax . - Firm ... appearance , contained many black granules , and presented no trace of bile . The cause of the retention of fluid ...
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... appearances normal . Bladder normal . The liver was somewhat enlarged , but the parenchyma was normal ; gall - bladder normal . Case 277 . J. H .; aged , 22 ; single ; tinsmith , soldier ; nativity , United States . Duration of mental ...
... appearances normal . Bladder normal . The liver was somewhat enlarged , but the parenchyma was normal ; gall - bladder normal . Case 277 . J. H .; aged , 22 ; single ; tinsmith , soldier ; nativity , United States . Duration of mental ...
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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...