Insane in private dwellings

The Private Treatment of the Insane

The Private Treatment of the Insane as Single Patients

opposed to public lunatic asylums, more attention will be devoted to the treatment of the insane in private houses. There can be no doubt that, for those cases of insanity in which there is a prospect of ultimate recovery, there are many reasons, both extrinsic and intrinsic to the patients themselves, why complete cure should be more probable and the subsequent contentment of the patients more...

Insane Delusions

Snake-Swallowing in an Insane

j. B. P., a European male, aged 42, transferred to this Asylum from Agra on the 11th October, 1918. His physical health is excellent. Wassermann reaction?Absolutely negative. Diagnosis?Dementia prsecox. . On the morning of the 31st July, 1920, immediately after he had passed stools in a commode in the ward, about 8 inches of a snake was found in his stools but minus its head.Every care was take...

Collective dwellings

This paper presents evidence that the sustainable dwelling involves the collective use of spaces and services at home. By exploring the possibility of sharing spaces and services and establishing a common use, we will save space and energy, increase the economic efficiency of dwellings, and gain new forms of socialization between users. In order to find these new forms of socialization that sat...