The history of the first inebriate asylum in the world / by its founder [Jonathan Edward Turner]. An account of his indictment, also a sketch of the Woman's national hospital, by its founder.

  • Turner, J. Edward, 1822-1889.
Date:
1888
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The history of the first inebriate asylum in the world / by its founder [Jonathan Edward Turner]. An account of his indictment, also a sketch of the Woman's national hospital, by its founder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    inches wide, and forty feet higli. It is to be lighted by ten gothic windows. The first story of the transept of the west building will be divided into four rooms; each room is to be twenty-eight feet long, twenty-four feet wide, and fourteen feet high. These are to be used for the superintendent’s office and sleeping-room, trustee room, and reception room. The second story of the transei)t will contain three parlors, two of which are to be twenty-eight feet long, twenty-four feet wide, and sixteen feet high. The third parlor will be thirty-four feet long, seventeen feet wide, and sixteen feet high. These parlors will be connected by sliding doors. The tran- sept will contain sixteen tower rooms, and will be divided transversely by a hall fourteen feet wide, running from front to ]-ear entrances, and longitudinally by another hall of the same width, communicating at each end wuth the corridors of the wings. The winter garden, or conservatory, when com- pleted will be eleven hundred and fifty-four feet long, twenty- eight feet wide, and will accommodate about one hundred thonsand plants, which will afford the patients recreation and study, and make for the Asylum a perpetual summer. Bowl- ing rooms, billiard rooms, and gymnasium will contribute to the exercise and amusement of the patient. Four bath- rooms will be located in the east building, and will be twenty-two feet scpiare, and ten feet high. These rooms will be furnished with all the appliances of the Russian bath. The workslu)ps will be loca.ted in the east building, and will be eighty feet long, twenty-eight feet wide, and twelve feet high. The kitflien is to be located in the basement of the east build- ing, and will be forty feet long, fifteen feet wide, and ten feet higli. The bakery will be located next to the kitchen, and will be twenty-two feet sipiare, and ten feet high. The large store- room will be thirty feet long, fifteen feet wide.' The fan-room will be twenty-two feet long, ten feet wide, and twenty-two feet high. The boiler-room will be twenty-eight feet square, and ten feet high. The engine-room will be twenty-eight feet square, and ten feet high.* * The following- its an extract, taken from a report of the founder to the legislature in 1 S()(5: .“The .Vsyluni farm contains about four hundred acres of laud, embrac- ing a gi-eat diversity of soil, and suited to a. great variety of cro])s. This departiiKMit will give a revenue to the institution, and afford employment to the ))atients who will take an intei-est in agriculture. “As soon as the fmids of the .\sylum will jiermit, we propose to have as many hoi-ses for the daily exennse of the ])atients as their health may demand. Xo one can estimate too highly the advantages of horseback riding to this jtecnliar class of invalids. “ WheTi the grounds ai-e entirely laid out and the roads com]ileted there will be about three miles in circuit for riding and di-iving on laud belonging to the institution.”
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