. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . lly interesting to note that in localities where theinsane were cared for in this imperfect manner their conditionappealed to the benevolent and philanthropic, and efforts weremade by individuals to endow institutions for their better care andtreatment. The Pennsylvania Hospital department for the insanethus founded developed into the present institution in West Phila-delphia, which has had an honorable and useful career for morethan 70 years. The insane department of the New York Hospitalbecame the present Bloomingdale H
. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . lly interesting to note that in localities where theinsane were cared for in this imperfect manner their conditionappealed to the benevolent and philanthropic, and efforts weremade by individuals to endow institutions for their better care andtreatment. The Pennsylvania Hospital department for the insanethus founded developed into the present institution in West Phila-delphia, which has had an honorable and useful career for morethan 70 years. The insane department of the New York Hospitalbecame the present Bloomingdale Hospital at White Plains, N. Y.,through a similar growth and development. In Connecticut theHartford Retreat, established by the State Medical Society, didexcellent service in caring for the insane during a period of 40years previous to the construction of the State Hospital. Thesame is true of Butler Hospital at Providence, R. L, which owedits establishment to private benevolence and for many years caredfor the insane who needed hospital care under a contract with the. 00 -t 00 ucj 2w Q> o a!a, ow H 0 H 16 EVOLUTION OF INSTITUTIONAL CARE IN THE UNITED STATES I4I state. In Boston, the McLean Hospital, a department of theMassachusetts General Hospital, performed a similar work for thestate until such time as the Worcester State Hospital, a direct out-growth of the Hartford Retreat, was established. In Vermont thecharity of Mrs. Anna Marsh and her modest bequest of less than$20,000 gave birth to the Brattleboro Retreat, which was used bythe state for the care of its insane for nearly 50 years and renderedthe building of a state institution unnecessary during that New Hampshire the State Hospital remains to this day a cor-porate institution, which provides for state patients and receivescases from the whole state. It is a matter of pride and satisfactionto lovers of humanity that enlightened private benevolence in manycases paved the way for proper state care of the in
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