LUNATICS IN RUSSIA. Alarming Statisties Concerning the Extent of Insanity.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 210, 9 July 1887, Page 2

LUNATICS IN RUSSIA. Alarming Statistics Concerning the Extent of Insanity.

Dr. TCovaleffski, one of the most renowned of Russian physicians, professor at the Kharkoff University, has made known some serious facts relative to lunacy in Russia According to the learned professor, the number of lunatics in Russia amounts to 100,000. Only one-tenth can be accommo dated in asylums, or elsewhere obtain at tention. Dr. Kovaleffski says t'->at the treatment of tho inmates is, for the greater part, defective. Rich patients alone can obtain careful attention ; the indigent are* too often ill-treated. The number of reallyskilful doctors in the asylums is restricted, and rational treatment out of the question. The keeoers are, for the most part, rude men who maltreat the unfortunates, if not bribed to kindness by relatives. The nourishment is insufficient and of bad quality. Thousands of lunatics who cannot be accommodated in public or private as.ylums, walk about at large without receiving the slightest care. One meets them everywhere on the roads in the country, often ill-used by the heartloss, and then taking their revenge by setting houses on fire or mutilating children.

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