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A HISTORY OF THE ASYLUMS FOR THE INSANE IN MICHIGAN BY HENRY M. HURD, M. D.
6th. That the existing asylums have been wisely planned, and plainly but substantially built, and have proved less costly per capita than most of the asylums now used for the treatment of incurables only.
7th. That the present structures are equally well adapted to the treatment of all classes of patients, curable and incurable, and that the separate treatment of these two classes is deemed by us unwise.
Therefore, in view of these facts, and after careful consideration and full discussion, it is
Resolved. That the Boards of Trustees of the Michigan Asylum for the Insane and the Eastern Michigan Asylum, now assembled in joint session, hereby recommend and urge, out of consideration for the best interests of the State and the welfare of her insane, that an additional plain, substantial asylum building be located and erected immediately, similar in plan, purpose and grade of provision to the asylums already built; and further,
Resolved, That this action be formally transmitted to the legislature in the coming reports 'of these asylums, with an earnest request that the matter receive speedy attention.
In December of the same year, after a conference between the Governor elect, Hon. D. H. Jerome, the two boards above mentioned, and the Board of Corrections and Charities, the above resolutions were re-affirmed and a strenuous effort was made to interest the legislature, soon to assemble, in the
project of a new asylum. Governor Jerome, in an eloquent and well considered message, which I regret my space will not permit me to make an extract from, urged the measure most convincingly. It is interesting to note that each one of the three asylums was established largely through the warmhearted philanthropy of a governor—Kalamazoo by Ransom, Pontiac by Bagley and Traverse City by Jerome.
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