. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . ital, Bangor, succeeded Dr. Ernest B. Emerson, assistant superintendent and in chargeof the department for the insane, resigned in 1908 to organize andbuild the new consumptive hospital at North Reading. F. Holmes succeeded him in charge of the insane. From this hospital had gone out within a decade eight men whoare now hospital superintendents. Dr. Carl J. Hedin, assistant in the department for insane, re-signed in April to accept a position at the hospital for insane inAugusta. Dr. Samuel R. Haythor
. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . ital, Bangor, succeeded Dr. Ernest B. Emerson, assistant superintendent and in chargeof the department for the insane, resigned in 1908 to organize andbuild the new consumptive hospital at North Reading. F. Holmes succeeded him in charge of the insane. From this hospital had gone out within a decade eight men whoare now hospital superintendents. Dr. Carl J. Hedin, assistant in the department for insane, re-signed in April to accept a position at the hospital for insane inAugusta. Dr. Samuel R. Haythorn, pathologist, resigned, to takea position in the pathological department of the Boston City Hos-pital, and is now professor in the Alleghany Medical School inPittsburgh. By the Acts and Resolves of 1909, Chapter 504, thfc name ofthe State Hospital was changed to State Infirmary. This wasbecause the same act eliminated the word insane from thetitles of the numerous institutions for the insane, naming themstate hospitals, and designating them by the town in which they. STATE INFIRMARY 687 were located, which would have left this institution without aspecial distinctive name, and would have been misleading as tothe general hospital character. In the insane department there were admitted 226 patients, 78of which were committed from the hospital wards. There re-mained at the end of the year 704—508 women and 196 men. The work of extending and improving the dining room andkitchen building gave a new, attractive dining room for the insanemen. The insane women, who had previously occupied the diningroom in the basement, were allowed to occupy a large dining roomon the first floor. In 1910 the average number of insane was 738. Dr. T. resigned this year to become assistant in pathology atthe Harvard Medical School. In 1911 Dr. John C. Lindsay resigned to take a position in theState Hospital for the Insane, Augusta, Me. Although frequent mention is made of the work and indu
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