. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . on, Professor Grafton Tyler, M. D.,Daniel Ratcliff, Professor Thomas Miller, M. D., William Whelan,M. D., U. S. N., Robert C. Wood, M. D., U. S. A., and Rev. P. , D. D. The make-up of the board has, in the main, fol-lowed the plan of the first board, namely, to name as members ofthe board one representative of each of the classes cared for inthe hospital; thus a representative from the Army, the Navy andthe Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, usually the actingor the retired surgqon-general of these several
. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . on, Professor Grafton Tyler, M. D.,Daniel Ratcliff, Professor Thomas Miller, M. D., William Whelan,M. D., U. S. N., Robert C. Wood, M. D., U. S. A., and Rev. P. , D. D. The make-up of the board has, in the main, fol-lowed the plan of the first board, namely, to name as members ofthe board one representative of each of the classes cared for inthe hospital; thus a representative from the Army, the Navy andthe Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, usually the actingor the retired surgqon-general of these several services, a lay phy-sician, a lawyer, a clergyman, a layman, and in recent years twowomen. The original main building was built from bricks made on theplace, and in architectural style is a modification of the Kirkbrideplan, each wing receding from the center, in echelon. The build-ing itself is in the collegiate Gothic style. This main building wasseveral years in building and wings were added to it from time to * Prepared by William A. White, M. D., GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE I4S time. Other construction, however, was undertaken in the mean-time, and shortly after the opening of the hospital, during the fiscalyear 1855-6, a building was opened for the colored insane, whichthe superintendent stated in his report he believed to be the firstand only special provision for the suitable care of the African whenafflicted with insanity which has yet been made in any part of theworld. While it was undoubtedly very largely in Miss Dixs mind thatthe Government Hospital for the Insane should be essentially amilitary institution, still the organic act provided also for theadmission of patients from the District of Columbia. The Districtof Columbia in those years, however, was a rather small affair andso the number admitted to the hospital was not very great. Thetotal number of patients admitted from all sources during the firstyear was only 63. During the Civil W
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