The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . nying figure. This is the Pennsylvania Lunatic Hospital,erected by the State, for which fifty thousand dollars were appropri-ated. It is placed in the charge of a board of trustees, who act with-out compensation. The insane from all parts of the State can bereceived here, at the expense of the counties to which they respec-tively belong; or, if able to pay themselves, at an ordinary cost ofabout $ per week, including board and medical is thus c
The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . nying figure. This is the Pennsylvania Lunatic Hospital,erected by the State, for which fifty thousand dollars were appropri-ated. It is placed in the charge of a board of trustees, who act with-out compensation. The insane from all parts of the State can bereceived here, at the expense of the counties to which they respec-tively belong; or, if able to pay themselves, at an ordinary cost ofabout $ per week, including board and medical is thus contemplated to make the institution pay its own ex-penses, without becoming a further charge to the State. It hasaccommodations for two hundred and fifty patients, and a farm of onehundred and thirty acres of land is attached. The institution wasthrown open for the reception of patients in October, 1851, and thereare now probably over one hundred enjoying its treatment. The hospital building consists of a centre building, and wings ex-tending in a linear direction on each side; each wing is so arranged7* 78 LOCOMOTIVE PENNSYLVANIA LUNATIC HOSPITAL. that the second projection recedes twenty feet behind the first, andthe third the same distance behind the second, so that the second andthird projections of the wings on each side of the centre building areopen at both ends, which renders them light and cheerful, and insuresat all times a free natural ventilation. The centre building isof three stories above the basement or ground floor, has a large Tus-can portico, with a flight of twenty steps to the main entrance, and issurmounted by a large dome, from which a very extensive view of thesurrounding country is obtained. The hospital is lighted throughoutwith gas brought from the works of the Harrisburg Gas the improvement of the grounds, and the cultivation of the garden,it is expected that much assistance will be derived from the patientsthemselves—out-door
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