A Psychiatric Milestone: Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921
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A Psychiatric Milestone: Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921
Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane; Mental illness
"THE RELATION OF THE NEUROSES TO THE PSYCHOSES" 115
PIERRE JANET, M.D.
Professor of Psychology, College de France
"THE MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT OF BLOOMINGDALE HOSPITAL" 147
WILLIAM L. RUSSELL, M.D.
Medical Superintendent
THE TABLEAU-PAGEANT 171
NAMES OF THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE EXERCISES 177
APPENDIX I 191
COMMUNICATIONS FROM DR. BEDFORD PIERCE
Medical Superintendent of The Retreat, York, England
EXTRACT FROM MINUTES OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE RETREAT,
APRIL 30, 1921.
TRANSCRIPT FROM THE VISITORS BOOK OF THE RETREAT, 1803-17.
APPENDIX II 195
A LETTER ON PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUMS FROM SAMUEL TUKE TO
THOMAS EDDY, 1815.
APPENDIX III 200
THOMAS EDDY'S COMMUNICATION TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, APRIL, 1815.
APPENDIX IV 209
EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS IN RELATION TO
ACTION TAKEN RESPECTING THOS. EDDY'S COMMUNICATION DATED
APRIL, 1815.
APPENDIX V 212
ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC BY THE GOVERNORS, 1821.
APPENDIX VI 216
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK HOSPITAL, 1821
AND 1921.
APPENDIX VII 218
ORGANIZATION OF BLOOMINGDALE HOSPITAL, 1821 AND 1921.
ILLUSTRATIONS
New York Hospital and Lunatic Asylum, 1808 _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
Bloomingdale Asylum, 1821 2
Bloomingdale Asylum, 1894 80
Bloomingdale Hospital, 1921 148
The Tableau-Pageant 172
Thomas Eddy 195
THE SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK HOSPITAL
[Illustration: BLOOMINGDALE ASYLUM
As it appeared when it was opened in 1821. It was located near the seven
mile stone on the Bloomingdale Road, now 116th Street and Broadway.]
BLOOMINGDALE HOSPITAL CENTENARY
The One Hundredth Anniversary of the establishment of Bloomingdale
Hospital as a separate department for mental diseases of The Society of
the New York Hospital was celebrated at the Hospital at White Plains on
Thursday, May 26, 1921. The addresses were given in the Assembly Hall.
Mr. Edward W. Sheldon, the President of the Society, acted as Chairman.
MORNING SESSION
The exercises opened with an invocation by the Reverend Frank H.
Simmonds, rector of Grace Episcopal Church at White Plains:
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