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The whole question of location and plans was undertaken by a com- mission, of which Governor. Foster was president, Dr. Byers was secre- tary, and General Brinkerhoff was a member.
This Institution was opened on January 6th, 1888, and had a capacity for 1,000 patients. There are now 1,689 patients in the Institution. When the buildings that are now being remodeled and enlarged are completed there will be ample room for 1,700 patients. There have been admitted in all 3,41I women; 4,048 men. There are 23 cottages, 2 buildings for in- firm patients, 2 buildings for disturbed wards and two hospital build- ings. The ornamental grounds comprise about 110 acres. There are some 5 miles of drives, about 6 acres of artificial lakes and 300 acres are cultivated for farm and garden.
Dr. H. A. Tobey has been the superintendent of this model institu- tion from the opening in 1888, with the exception of one year, under Governor Campbell, when the institution was superintended by Dr. Tupper.
A large portion of the success of this hospital is due to the efforts of ex-Governor Foster, who, in addition to being a member of the original committee on location of the hospital, was a member of the board of trustees from the day it was opened to patients until the day of his death !. It is said of him that when a cabinet portfolio was tendered him at Wash- ington, D. C., that had it come to the question of resigning the trustee- ship of this hospital or refusing to become a cabinet officer, he would never have been President Harrison's secretary of the treasury.
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The Toledo State Hospital.
OFFICERS.
Name.
Office.
H. A. Tobey, M. D.
Nelson H. Young.
F. D. Ferneau.
F. J. Latshaw
Mary Ketring.
C. C. Kirk.
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Assistant Physician. Assistant Physician. Assistant Physician. Assistant Physician. Steward.
W. D. Wilcox.
C. W. Dru
StoreKeeper.
ROSTER OF TRUSTEES-1884-1904.
Name.
Term of Service.
Residence.
Wm. E. Haynes
1884-1890
Fremont.
Jno. W. Fuller
1884-1891.
Toledo.
Jno. W. Nelson.
1884-1887.
Bryan.
Geo. L. Johnson
1884-1888.
Toledo.
Chas. Foster, (Ex-Gov.)
1884-1904.
Fostoria.
Robt. G. Pennington.
1884-1889
Tiffin.
D. W. H. Howard.
1887-1888.
Wauseon.
J. H. Doyle
1888-1891.
Toledo.
Parke Foster.
1888-1899
Elyria.
Samuel D. Houpt.
1888-1895.
Findlay.
S. A. Baxter
1888-1897.
Lima.
Jno. B. Rice.
1889-1890.
Toledo.
G. P. Campbell.
1890-1900.
Tedrow.
A. Borman.
1890-1894.
Glandorf.
Henry Rohrs
1891-1896.
Napoleon.
w. w. Sutton
1891-1894.
Ottawa.
Wm. Geyser
1892-1900.
Swanton.
Samuel M. Heller
1900-1905.
L. C. Cole.
1897-1907.
Napoleon. Bowling Green.
D. L. Cockley
1894-1904.
D. N. Powell
1896-1900
W. H. Begg.
1900-1906
J. C. Campbell
1903-1909
C. B. Wilcox
1904-1908.
Columbus. Sandusky.
Henry P. Stentz.
1902-1904.
Monroeville.
Shelby. Ottawa. Columbus Grove.
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THE MASSILLON STATE HOSPITAL.
O N March 31, 1892, was passed a bill authorizing the appoint- ment of a commission to select a site for the building of a new institution, to be known as the Eastern Ohio Insane Asylum, now the Massillon State Hospital. The commission was ap- pointed by Governor Mckinley very shortly after the passage of the bill, and consisted of Dr. A. B. Richardson, Columbus; George R. Davis, Wapakoneta, and Dr. C. W. King, Dayton. This commission selected a site two miles south of Massillon, Stark county, Ohio, and on November 30th. same year, the Governor appointed a board of trustees, conformatoty with the law establishing the institution. This building board consisted of Rob't Sherrard, Jr., Steubenville; S. J. McMahon, Cambridge; Wm. H. Mullins, Salem ; Dr. A. B. Richardson, Columbus ; Dr. H. C. Eyman, Cleveland. Under the supervision of this building board a dining-room building, a kitchen and bakery building, a store house, a boiler house, a power house, a carpenter shop, a laundry building, a hospital building, an infirmary building, a superintendent's residence, a steward's residence and seven cottages were constructed.
The institution now has a capacity of 1,450 patients. In 1894 Mr. Mul- lins resigned and was succeeded by B. F. Perry, of Jefferson. In 1895 Mr. Sherrard died ; his place was filled by the appointment of Mr. D. J. Sin- clair, of Steubenville. In February, 1897, Mr. Eyman was succeeded by Dr. E. G. Carpenter, of Cleveland, Mr. Sinclair by George D. Cope- land, of Marion. In April, 1898, Dr. A. B. Richardson was elected super- intendent and Dr. A. B. Howard, of Cuyahoga Falls, was appointed his successor on the board. In October, 1899, Dr. A. B. Richardson resigned his position as superintendent and Dr. H. C. Eyman, of Cleveland, was appointed his successor. In April, 1900, the board was changed from a building board to an operating board with the following members: Mr. S. J. McMahon, Cambridge; Mr. George D. Copeland, Marion ; Mr. J. B. Zerbe, Cleveland ; Dr. John E. Russell, Mt. Vernon.
The following is a list of the present officers :
Name.
Office.
Henry C. Eyman
Superintendent. Steward.
S. O. Latimer
E. C. Brown
Assistant Physician.
J. M. McGeorge.
C. L. Harmer
D. E. Harris.
J. D. O'Brien
M. M. Dumble.
Mrs. H. C. Eyman.
Assistant Physician. Assistant Physician. Assistant Physician. Assistant Physician. Storekeeper. Matron.
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THE INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND.
T HE Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind was founded by act of the Legislature in 1837. It was fourth in order of establishment in the United States. In 1839 the first building was occupied. This structure cost the state $34,409 and was designed to accommodate sixty pupils. The present house was occupied May 21, 1874. This building cost at first, exclusive of additions, $358,- 477.92 and was intended to accommodate three hundred pupils. Later additions have been made increasing its capacity. The first year in the history of the institution there were eleven pupils enrolled. Last year there were 339 in attendance. Since the establishment of the institution, 67 years ago, 2,341 pupils have been enrolled.
The cost of maintenance from the beginning to November 15, 1900, was $1,828,390.32. Probably $600,000 have been invested in permanent buildings and improvements, making a total expenditure of about $2,- 428,390.00.
The average cost to the state for each pupil has been about $1, 179.00.
This institution is a School for the Education of the Blind, not an Asylum, and it has been the endeavor of the management of the institu- tion to keep this object before the public and not allow the institution to become an infirmary. 1
PRESENT. TRUSTEES.
Name.
Residence.
Charles Flumerfelt.
· H. P. Crouse Eugene Cox ... Joseph Beichele. Alfred Robinson, Secretary.
Old Fort. O. Toledo, O. Cincinnati, O. Canton, O. Ironton, O.
The chief officers of the institution' are: G. L. Smead, Superin- tendent ; R. W. Bell, Steward.
At present there are 24 teachers emlpoyed in the institution ; 11 in the Literary Department, 9 in Music, and 4 in the Industrial Depart- ment.
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OHIO STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND. LIST OF SUPERINTENDENTS.
Name.
Term of Service.
A. W. Penniman.
1837-39, 1846-47.
William Chapin
1839-46.
George McMillen
1847-52.
Rufus E. Harte.
1852-56.
Dr. A. D. Lord.
1856-68.
G. L. Smead.
1868-85.
Henry Snyder.
1885, .6 months.
Dr. H. P. Fricker
1885-86, 1890-92.
C. H. Miller ...
1886-90.
Dr. S. S. Burrows
1892-96.
R. W. Wallace
1896-1900.
G. L. Smead.
1900-04.
LIST OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS-1837-1901.
Name.
Term of Service.
Residence.
James Hoge
1836-1851
N. H. Swayne
1836-1845
Wm. W. Awl.
1836-1840.
John A. Bryan
1840-1842
M. J. Guilbert.
1844-1847
Wm. Armstrong.
1846-1851
John W. Anderson.
1846-1854.
Columbus.
Samuel McClelland.
1856-1865.
Joseph McElvain.
1846-1849
J. R. Scroggs.
1846-1849
A. P. Stone.
1849.
F. C. Kelton
1850-1851
S. M. Smith.
1850
Richard Warner
1850-1851
Medina County.
Thomas Sparrow
1852-1853.
Franklin County.
E. K. Chamberlain
1852-1855
Hamilton County.
Geo. E. Eels
1852.
Fairfield County.
E. C. Root.
1852-1853.
Ashtabula County.
Henry Wilson
1852-1855
Franklin County.
John Greenleaf
1852-1855
Franklin County. Union County.
David Robb.
1852-1855
Hiram B. Smith.
1853-1855
Meigs County.
Thomas C. Mitchell
1853-1855
Preble County.
S. H. Webb
1853-1854.
Cuyahoga County.
John McCook.
1854-1855.
Columbiana County.
Oliver H. Perry.
1854-1855.
Fairfield County. Knox County.
R. R. Sloan.
1856-1858.
John Greiner
1856-1860
Franklin County.
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LIST OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS-Concluded.
Name.
Term of Service.
Residence.
Edward Jordan
1859-1861.
Scioto County.
F. C. Sessions.
1861-1873.
Columbus.
Royal Taylor.
1862-1864
Cuyahoga County.
Stillman Witt.
1865-1870.
Cleveland.
Henry C. Noble.
1866-1877.
Columbus.
Harmon Austin.
1878-1883
Warren.
John H. Rogers.
1870-1873
Springfield.
C. Blaser.
1878-1879
Thomas Bergin.
1874-1876.
Columbus.
B. F. Martin.
1877.
Columbus.
W. R. Wing.
1878-1879
Newark.
Joseph Falkenbach
1878-1879
Columbus.
J. C. English.
1880
Columbus.
S. D. Houpt .:
1878-1883
Findlay.
James Poindexter
1880-1883.
Columbus.
E. T. Drayton.
1880-1887
Ashland.
Samuel Thompson
1881-1883
Columbus.
J. H. Hudson
1885-1893.
Sandusky.
D. L. Wadsworth
1884-1889
Wellington.
J. S. Atwood.
1884-1891
Ripley.
Edward Pagels.
1885-1890
Columbus.
H. C. Drinkle.
1887-1892.
Lancaster.
J. H. Hudson
1884-1894.
Sandusky.
J. R. Hankey
1889-1904
Bowling Green.
D. McAllister
1884-1895
Columbus.
Charles Flumerfelt.
1898-1903.
Old Fort. Celina.
H. P. Crouse.
1894-1904.
Toledo.
Leroy C. Sedgwick.
1892-1897.
Martin's Ferry.
Joseph Biechle.
1892-1905
Canton.
George W. Hayes
1890-1901.
Cincinnati.
Charles Roose
1890-1898
Oak Harbor.
Alfred Robinson
1897-1902
Ironton.
Eugene Cox
1901
Cincinnati.
A. D. Marsh.
1890-1898.
Waverly. TOudon.
John G. Dunn.
1874-1877
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T HE Ohio Institution for the Education of the, Deaf and Dumb is . 'located at Columbus, Ohio. The first legislation for founding this institution was had in 1827. In 1829 the school was opened in rented property on the corner of Broad and High streets with one pupil. In 1834 the first building on the present site was dedicated and the school transferred to it. From 1862 to 1867 the large and com- modious building now occupied was erected and was intended to accom- modate three hundred and fifty deaf children, besides officers, teachers and employes. In 1898 and '99 the capacity was increased by the erec- tion of the school building, one of the finest in the world. The total amount of money expended for grounds and buildings is approximately $450,000. Three thousand two hundred and sixty-seven deaf children have been pupils in this school. The attendance is something over five hundred. Forty-one teachers are engaged and seventy officers and em- ployes. The annual appropriations for maintenance are approximately $20,000.
SUPERINTENDENTS.
Names.
Term of Service.
Name.
Term of Service.
Horatio Nelson Hubbell.
1827-1837.
Amasa Pratt.
1883-1890.
Josiah Addison Cary. .
1851-1852. .
James Wilton Knott
1890-1892.
Collins Stone .. .
1852-1863.
Stephen Russell Clark
1892-1894.
Georg , Ludington Weed
1863-1866.
William Stuart Eagleson
1894-1895.
Gilbert Otis Fay ...
1866-1880.
John William Jones.
1895, Incumbent
Charles Strong Perry
1880-1882.
LIST OF TRUSTEES.
Name.
Appointed.
Retired.
Residence.
Hon. Gustavus Swan
1827
1836.
Columbus.
Rev. James Hoge ..
1827.
1836.
Columbus.
Hon. Thomas Ewing.
1827.
1834.
Lancaster.
Rev. William Graham
1827.
1834
Chillicothe.
Rev. William Burton.
1827.
1830.
Circleville.
Hon. John H. James.
1827.
1830.
Urbana.
Thomas D. Webb, Esq.
1827.
1836.
Warren.
Hon. Samson Mason ..
1827.
1837
Springfield.
Nathaniel McLean, Esq.
1829
1836.
Columbus.
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LIST OF TRUSTEES-Continued.
Name.
Appointed.
Retired.
Residence.
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Micheal L. Sullivant, Esq.
1829
1830
Franklinton.
Henry Brown, Esq
1829
1836.
Columbus.
Rev. William Preston
1830.
1841.
Columbus.
Dr. L. Goodale.
1830
1835.
Columbus.
Dr. Samuel Parsons.
1830
1838
Columbus.
Col. William Doherty
1830.
1832
Columbus.
R .. W. McCoy, Esq ..
1832
1849
Columbus.
Dr. Robert Thompson
1833
1844.
Columbus.
P. B. Wilcox, Esq.
1833
1840
Columbus.
Onl N. H. Swayne.
1836.
1842
Columbus.
Asahel Chittenden, Esq.
1836
1845
Columbus.
Col. P. H. Olmstead.
1836
1839
Columbus.
William Miner, Esq.
1837.
1840
Columbus.
Jeremiah Warden, Esq
1837.
1840
Springfield.
John Peterson, Esq.
1837.
1840
Columbus.
Bela Latham, Esq.
1838.
1846.
Columbus.
G. W. Slocum, Esq.
1839
1841.
Columbus.
Thomas Kennedy, Esq
1840
1846.
Columbus.
Elias Grave, Esq.
1840.
1846.
Columbus.
Col. John McElvain
1840.
1843.
Columbus.
Col. Moses Jewett.
1840.
1843.
Columbus.
Rev. H. L. Hitchcock.
1841
1852.
Columbus.
Rev. C. F. Schaeffer
1842
1845.
Columbus.
Col. Samuel Medary
1842
1845.
Columbus.
Hon. J. R. Swan.
1843
1845.
Columbus. Columbus.
Rev. David Whitcomb
1844
1846
Columbus.
Rev. A. F. Dobb.
1845
1847
Columbus.
Samuel McClelland, Esq.
1845
1846
Columbus.
George Cole, Esq.
1845
1846
Columbus. Columbus.
S. D. Preston, Esq.
1846
1852
Columbus.
Henry Wilson, Esq.
1852
1856
Columbus.
John Greenleaf, Esq.
1852
1856
Columbus. Athens.
Dr. George Eels ..
1852
1854.
Lancaster.
Dr. E. K. Chamberlain
1852
1853
Cincinnati.
Richard Warner, Esq
1852.
1854
Sharon.
Ezekiel C. Root, Esq.
1852
1856.
Ashtabula.
Rufus E. Harte. Esq
1852
1852
Marietta.
Hiram B. Smith, Esq.
1853
1856
Pomeroy.
David Robb. Esq.
1853
1856.
Marysville.
Thomas C. Mitchell, Esq.
1853.
1856
New Westerville.
John McCook, Esq.
1854
1856
Columbus. Fairfield.
Oliver H. Perry
1854.
1856
Henry Miller, Esq.
1856.
1858
Columbus.
Theodore Comstock, Esq.
1856.
1860
Columbus.
Judge W. W. Bierce.
1856.
1862
Circleville.
Dr. James H. Coulter
1858
1866
Columbus.
C. W. Potwin, Esq.
1858.
18GG
Columbus.
C. P. L. Butler, Esq.
1860.
1866
Columbus.
Gen. Kent Jarvis.
1862.
1874
Stark County.
Hon. Samuel Galloway
1866. 1872
Franklin County.
Henry F. Booth, Esq.
1866
1876
Franklin County.
James S. Abbott, Esq
1872
1875
Franklin County.
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1843
1846.
Peter Hayden, Esq.
1846.
1846
C. K. Cuckler, Esq
1852
1852.
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LIST OF TRUSTEES-Concluded.
Name.
Appointed.
Retired.
Residence.
Hon. A. T. Walling
1874
1877
Philemon Hess.
1875.
1878
Samuel Taylor.
1877.
1878
L. L. Lamborn.
1878.
1880
Pickaway County. Franklin County. Logan County. Stark County.
Gen. Samuel Thomas
1878.
1880
Franklin County.
John Cooke
1878
1880
Belmont County.
E. L. Hinman
1878.
1880
Franklin County.
Jacob Rohrheimer.
1878.
1880
1 Cuyahoga County.
F. C. Sessions.
1880
1883
J. S. Savage ..
1880.
1883
Dr. C. M. Finch.
1880.
1883
Hon. A. H. Moss
1880.
1883
Hon. James Scott. .
1883.
1888
Warren County
Samuel Thompson, Esq.
1883. .
1885
Franklin County.
Jonathan S. Hare
1883.
1886
J. Cherryholmes.
18S3.
1892
Dr. Nelson Obetz.
1885.
1886
Franklin County.
Gen. R. R. Dawes
1886.
1890
Fred W. Herbst.
1886
1890.
Gen. I. M. Kirby.
1889
1893
Dr. J. A. Sterrett.
1888.
1893
T. P. Evans.
1890. .
1895.
Montgomery County.
Samuel A. Kinnear.
1890
1894
Franklin County.
J. S. Hare ..
1890.
1892
Wyandot County.
George Hamilton
1892.
1899
Columbiana County.
W. A. Gibson
1892.
Wyandot County.
R. B. Heller.
1893.
1898
Henry County.
Judge Geo. P. Tyler
1895
Brown County.
Robt. P. Kennedy
1895
1897.
Logan County.
Wm. L. McElroy
1897
1900
Knox County.
Geo. W. Glover
1898.
1903
Harrison County.
Jacob Cahn
1899.
1904
Ashland County.
Carl Norpell.
1900
Licking County.
Frank Tyler.
1903.
Monroe County.
Jas. G. Hickox
1904
Wood County.
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Gen. W. S. Jones
1880.
1885
Franklin County. Pike County. Clinton County. Scioto County. Erie County.
Wyandot County. Holmes County.
Washington County. Franklin County. Wyandot County. Miami County.
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INSTITUTION FOR FEEBLE-MINDED YOUTH.
T HIS Institution was established by law April 17, 1857. The pre- liminary work was commenced in 1840 by Dr. N. S. Townshend, who, while pursuing his medical studies in Paris, became inter- ested in the labors of Seguin, Itard and others in behalf of the class. In 1853 Dr. Townshend, then a member of the Ohio Senate, so interested Governor Medill in the results of his observations and studies abroad, that he devoted a portion of his message to the General Assembly to the subject. That part of the message relating to the subject was referred to a select committee, of which Dr. Townshend was chairman. The committee made a report, detailing what had been done for this class. A bill was then introduced for the establishment of an institution, but did not pass. At the session of 1857, Hon. Herrman Canfield introduced in the Senate a bill to establish an Asylum for Idiots, which passed both Houses and became a law April 17, 1857. Governor Chase appointed William Dennison, Norton S. Townshend and Asher Cook, Trustees. Upon organization of the Board, Mr. Dennison was made chairman; Dr. Townshend, secretary, and Dr. R. J. Patterson, superintendent. The Board rented the buildings on East Main street, now occupied as the "Home for the Friendless." The institution was opened with nine pupils. The number was increased to fifteen at the date of the first report. The rented premises were occupied until 1868, the number of pupils averaging, after the first two years, between forty and fifty. The office of assistant superintendent was created in 1859, and Dr. G. A. Doren was appointed to that position. In 1860, the superintendent, Dr. Patterson, resigned, and Dr. Doren was elected superintendent by the Board of Trustees, and has continued in that position since, now forty-two years.
After closely observing the operations of the institution and their results, the Legislature, in 1864, provided for the permanent establish- ment of the institution, authorizing buildings upon a suitable site for the accommodation of two hundred pupils. This provision was made during the strenuous days of the Civil War, and was a strong endorsement of the value of the institution, as well as a valued acknowledgment of the performance of duty under the trying conditions of the War. The new buildings were occupied in August, 1868, the number of inmates soon reaching three hundred. The practical value of the institution being demonstrated, additions were made, from year to year, until the 18th of November, 1881, when over six hundred children were accommodated, and when the main buildings were destroyed by fire, happily, without loss of life, or even injury, to any of the inmates, officers or employes. So
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anxious were parents and guardians that their children and wards should not lose any of the benefits of the institution, that only one hundred of the inmates could be sent to their homes, the balance being crowded into the buildings that escaped destruction. The operations of the institution were conducted, during the three years of rebuilding, at great disad- vantage, from want of room and facilities for the proper care and train- ing of the inmates. This was relieved by the occupation of the new buildings in 1884. In this case, fireproof buildings were constructed on the sites of those destroyed by fire, and fireproof outside stairways provided for all' buildings that escaped destruction. Other buildings have been added since 1884, until the number accommodated in 1900 was 1,100, when the Legislature, recognizing the duty of providing against the in .. crease of this unfortunate class, by placing them under such restrictions as will prevent them multiplying their kind, provided for a permanent home, where the use of such industrial power as they possess may be exercised in their own support. Authority was given to purchase a farm, not to exceed 1,500 nor less than 1,000 acres in extent, where they are to . be kept through life, thus lessening the increase from that source. About 1,200 acres have been secured, where the males of this class will be pro- vided with a home and such employment as will come within the range of their capacities. The employment will be mainly such as furnished by the farm, gardening, stock-raising and horticultural pursuits. The females are to be provided for at the home institution, where they can be better protected, as well as usefully employed in domestic occupations. Buildings are now being constructed to accommodate about four hun- dred of each sex of the Custodial Class, and, when completed, will restore the old department to its original purpose and duties-"to furnish special means of improvement to that portion of our youth who are so deficient in mind, or have such marked peculiarities and eccentricities of intellect as to deprive them of the benefits of other educational institutions and ordinary methods of instruction."
PRESENT OFFICERS.
Name.
Year Term Commenced
Title.
G. A. Doren, M. D. George Evans .. Mrs. N. L. Doren. Miss H. F. Purple
1860 1884 1860 1858
Supt. Fin. Officer. Supt. of Sch'ls Matron.
PAST OFFICERS.
Name.
Year Term
Commence
Title.
R. Patterson, M. D. W. L. Hughes .....
1857 1881
Supt. Fin. Officer.
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TRUSTEES.
Name.
Year
Appointed.
County.
Wm. Dennison, Jr. 1857
Asher Cook
1857
Wood.
N. S. Townshend ..
1857
Lorain.
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1892 1893 1894 1895 1895 1896 1897
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M. A. Daugherty. Silas A. Conrad ... Ross J. Alexander A. McGregor
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THE HOSPITAL FOR EPILEPTICS.
T HE Ohio Hospital for Epileptics at Gallipolis is the pioneer of its kind in the United States.
The problem of providing proper accommodations for epileptics, especially for those with unsound or defective minds, has engrossed the attention of persons interested in nervous and mental diseases for many years. In Ohio, as far back as 1879, a bill for the establishment of a separate institution for their accommodation and treatment almost became a law, passing one branch of the legislature. Not, however, until 1890 was a law enacted providing for the establish- ment of a colony for epileptics and epileptic insane. All epileptics resident in- Ohio are eligible for admission to this institution, up to the measure of its capacity, each county being entitled to a number proportionate to its population. No discrimination is made on account of mental condi- tion, age or sex.
The buildings, as originally planned, consisted of stone cottages having a capacity of fifty beds each, located symmetrically about a group of executive buildings and connected by tunnels with a central power station, which was to furnish heat and light for all; and a central kitchen and bakery, flanked by two congregate dining-rooms, one for each sex. The whole group, with estimated accommodations for one thousand patients, was planned so compactly as to cover scarcely more than twenty- five acres, leaving the balance of one hundred acres of the original tract for ornamentation and gardens. The wisdom of this plan was seriously questioned, and subsequent experience and events have led to an entire modification of it, so far as practicable. Of the original thirty-six build- ings, only thirteen have been built as designed. The location and design of six others was materially changed. One hundred and twenty-five ad- ditional acres of land were purchased, and a cottage for the insane con- structed at a distance of one-third mile from the original group. Other buildings, projected for the future, are to be much farther away, their precise location depending upon the possibilities in the selection and purchase of land, which may or may not adjoin the tract now owned by the state.
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