. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . n with the comments of the editors of the AmericanJournal of Insanity upon the care of the chronic insane. The twenty-second meeting was held at the American House inBoston, June 2, 1868. Thirty-two members were present. The principal business of the Association was the discussion andadoption of a project of law for determining the legal relations ofthe insane. The Association also adopted a memorial to the Congress ofthe United States in favor of relieving from political disabilities thesuperintendents of the hospitals f
. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . n with the comments of the editors of the AmericanJournal of Insanity upon the care of the chronic insane. The twenty-second meeting was held at the American House inBoston, June 2, 1868. Thirty-two members were present. The principal business of the Association was the discussion andadoption of a project of law for determining the legal relations ofthe insane. The Association also adopted a memorial to the Congress ofthe United States in favor of relieving from political disabilities thesuperintendents of the hospitals for the insane in the states latelyin rebellion. The Association visited all the institutions for the insane inBoston, and several general hospitals and other institutions, andreceived many courtesies from the officers and trustees, and alsofrom the officers of Harvard College. At the meeting of the Association in New York in May, 1863, acommittee had been appointed to examine the whole subject of thelegal relations of the insane, and to report the legislation required. DR. JOHN MINSON GALT. ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENTS 33 to regulate them. The committee consisted of one from each state,viz.: Drs. Harlow, of Maine ; Bancroft, of New Hampshire; Rock-well, of Vermont; Jarvis, of Massachusetts ; Ray, of Rhode Island;Butler, of Connecticut; Gray, of New York; Buttolph, of NewJersey; Curwen, of Pennsylvania; Fonerden, of Maryland;Nichols, of the District of Columbia; Gundry, of Ohio; Wood-burn, of Indiana; McFarland, of Illinois; Van Deusen, of Michi-gan; Clement, of Wisconsin; Patterson, of Iowa; Smith, of Mis-souri; Chipley, of Kentucky; Jones, of Tennessee; and Workman,of Canada and the British Provinces. At the next meeting of theAssociation, in Washington, May, 1864, the committee presented areport through its chairman, Dr. Ray, which was accompanied bythe project of a general law. After considerable discussion, thefurther consideration of the subject was postponed to
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