. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . e institution. The thirty-sixth meeting of the Association was held at theGrand Hotel, Cincinnati, May 30, 1882. Dr. Walker resigned thepresidency and Dr. Callender was elected in his place. Forty-onemembers were present. It was decided to change the tenure of office of the president andvice-president of the Association so that in future they might beelected annually. It was also decided to reorganize the work of the Associationinto eight committees in order to give a fuller account of progressin the various branches of p
. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . e institution. The thirty-sixth meeting of the Association was held at theGrand Hotel, Cincinnati, May 30, 1882. Dr. Walker resigned thepresidency and Dr. Callender was elected in his place. Forty-onemembers were present. It was decided to change the tenure of office of the president andvice-president of the Association so that in future they might beelected annually. It was also decided to reorganize the work of the Associationinto eight committees in order to give a fuller account of progressin the various branches of psychiatry. Committees were appointedas follows: 1. Annual Necrology of the Association. 2. Cerebro-Spinal Physiology. 3. Cerebro-Spinal Pathology. 4. Therapeutics of Insanity. 5. Bibliography of Insanity. 6. Relation of Eccentric Diseases to Insanity. 7. Asylum Location, Construction and Sanitation. 8. Criminal Responsibility of the Insane. It may be noticed here that while the object sought to be obtainedwas undoubtedly commendable, the division of responsibility im-. DR. CHARLES HARRISON STEDMAN. ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENTS 43 plied by committee work destroyed initiative on the part of indi-vidual members, and the scheme proved to be a failure and wassoon given up. A paper was presented by Dr. R. M. Bucke, of Canada, entitled: The Growth of the Intellect, which was an attempt to show howthe human mind had developed at the different ages of the world. A paper was read by Dr. Richard Dewey on the differentiationand segregation of certain classes of the insane, in which he recom-mended separate provisions for the epileptic and criminal insane,also separate buildings for the chronic insane who no longerrequired the care and treatment usually given in the ordinary hos-pital buildings. The discussion developed a wide difference on thepart of the members and there was no consensus of opinion. The thirty-seventh meeting of the Association was held at New-port, R. I., June
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