70 TRAVELS IN THE CONFEDERATION 



wing. The left wing is used as the office of the Comp- 

 troller General. 



The new Jail is a large, but quite a plain building, 

 where the British prisoners of war found no great 

 cause to praise American philanthropy and magnanimity. 

 This building cost about 30,000 Pd. Pensyl. The old 

 jail stands, unattractive in design, in Market-street, 

 which is thus disfigured ; it is proposed to tear it down,* 

 since at all events there is sufficient room in the new 

 jail for the good and free citizens of the state. 



At a little distance from the city stands the Pensyl- 

 vania Hospital, for the indigent sick and insane. This 

 is not yet complete, only one wing being built at the 

 present time. The whole will be extensive and accord- 

 ing to a fine plan. Meanwhile the space to be covered 

 is surrounded by a wall. There are only two sick 

 rooms, one for women above, and one for men below. 

 These rooms are high, airy, and long, and will be 

 kept, like the whole establishment, in a very cleanly 

 state. Half underground are the closed cells for mad- 

 men. There is a small medical library in the Overseer's 

 room. The Hospital has its own apothecary's shop ; 

 a young student attends to it, for which he receives 

 board and other perquisites. In an upper, corner 

 room, there is a splendid collection of anatomical en- 

 gravings and paintings, for the most part obstetrical, 

 the gift of the famous Dr. Fothergill + of London, who 

 was a Quaker and greatly interested in this establish- 

 ment undertaken by his fellow-believers. In addition, 

 there are three excellent metal-moulded designs, to be 

 used in obstetrical demonstrations also. 



* This has since happened, and the space has been filled 

 with other, newbuilt houses. 



