Mental Hospitals in Madras Presidency - II

Dysentery in the Prisons of the Madras Presidency

Typhus Fever in the Agency Tracts, Madras Presidency

so imperfectly known that the occurrence of cases in localities where the disease has not yet been previously recognised is worthy of record. Between the beginning of February and end of March this year, 8 specimens of blood were received at the King Institute from the Medical Officer in charge of the Base Hospital, Xarasapatnam; the base for the Fituri operations which have up till recently be...

The Progress of Mental Hospitals. II

The transfer of control of mental institutions from local authorities to Regional Hospital Boards has, in most areas, been carried out with little difficulty or friction. In the majority of cases mental hospitals and M.D. institutions of 1,000 beds or more have been given Management Committees of their own, the personnel of which has been drawn from a wide field and in many cases includes a sat...

Mental Hospitals in India

This review traces the history of the mental hospital movement, initially on the world stage, and later in India, in relation to advances in psychiatric care. Mental hospitals have played a significant role in the evolution of psychiatry to its present statusThe earliest hospital in India were established during the British colonial rule. They served as a means to isolate mentally ill persons f...

Libraries in Mental Hospitals

Libraries in hospitals are now an accepted principle in this country and some others, but before they can reach perfection their establishment in mental hospitals calls for more study, for very ready co-operation by all concerned, and also for much imagination and sympathy. One day when going into a ward of particularly distressed and depressed women, I felt compelled to speak to one who looked...