Report of the Consulting Staff of the Insane Department, Philadelphia Hospital

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Excerpt from Report of the Consulting Staff of the Insane Department, Philadelphia Hospital: January 30, 1885This ward contains an Infirmary room which lies between dormitories, and has about 25 beds, and strangely enough, this the refuge of the sick has been placed in the ward for the vio lent and incurably filthy. It should be the best room in the house.The water closet for this Infirmary is placed in the corner of the Infirmary chamber, and is ventilated into this home for the sick.All of this ward is dreary past description, ill ventilated, has the mouldy hospital smell, now so rarely encountered, and has corridors paved with asphalt like a sidewalk.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.