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54 WORCESTER.-LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
feet in length, and 34 feet in width, was attached to
the southern extremity of the hospital, of equal
height; and extending eastward at right angles with
the front; in 1836, another edifice of the same magnitude
was erected at the north end. Three sides
of a great square are now inclosed by these extensive
structures of brick.*
The grants by the State for erecting the asylum
were the following:1830.
March 20. There was granted . . o30,000
1832. March 24. Ditto, , . 20,000
1835. April 7. Ditto, . . . . 2,000
Ditto for a chapel, . . . 3,000
_. . Ditto for the purchase of additional land,' 7,000
Total, ,85,000
The hospital was opened on 12th January 1833,
and has since been admirably managed, and the treatment
of the patients attended with great success.
This structure combines the improvements which
have recently been introduced into hospitals for the
insane. It commands a cheerful and even beautiful
prospect, from every window occupied by the patients.
The ventilation and heating of the rooms are accomplished
by warm air introduced into the galleries,
and from them into each cell, by means of an oblong
opening above the door. The pipes conveying hot
air open near the ceilings of the galleries, and some
advantages attend this arrangement. If the pipe
opens at the floor, the stream of warm air does not
diffuse itself over the apartment, as is generally supa
Barber's Massachusetts, p. 622.
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/94/?q=%221838%3F%22&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.