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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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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    Tlie tliinl paiiiplilet, issued l)y the corporation in 1854, was an apj)eal to the public for sul)seriptioiis to its caj)ital stock. • The fourth painplilet, issued in 1855, contained the addresses of the Rev. Ileniy W. Bellows, D. D., and the Rev. Roswell I). Hitchcock, D. D., delivered in the Broadway Tahernacle, November 7th, 1855, in behalf of the institution. The fifth pamphlet, issued in 1858, contained the addresses of lion. Benjamin F. Butler, Hon. Edward Everett, Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, John W. Francis, M. D., LL. D., Rev. Henry W. Bellows, D. D., John L. Lewis, Grand Master, and a poem by Alfred B. Street; all of which were delivered at the ceremony of the lay- ino; of the corner-stone of the “ New York State Inebriate Asylum” at Binghamton, N. Y., September 24th, 1858. The sixth pamphlet, issued in 1859, was in the form of a letter, addressed to the Hon. Edwin D. Morgan, governor of the State of New York. The seventh pamphlet, issued by the Board of Trustees in 18G0, appealed to the pul)lic for additional subscriptions to its ca^utal .stock. The eighth pamphlet contained an address by Val- entine IMott, M. D., LL. D., delivered at Binghamton, N. Y., in 1801. The ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth pamphlets were jJublished in the form of reports to the legislature of the State of New York. THE ADDRESS OF THE FOUNDER, DELIVERED BEFORE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNITED STATES INEBRIATE ASYLUM AT THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY ROOMS, DECE.MBER, 20TH, 1854. GentEwMi .-—It is our ]»m-])ose to lay DJore you the his- tory and patlioloj^y of inebriety. IVe sliall s]ieak of its des-