Curwen.] ^^^ [Jan. 16, 



being of those for whose use the hospital is constructed. The -whole estab- 

 lishment to be so arranged as to be under one roof and in every part to be 

 as light, bright and cheerful as it is possible to have it, and with the object 

 of promoting the comfort and convenience of all, with the least expendi- 

 ture of time and labor. 



Any one wishing to be thoroughly conversant with all the details of 

 construction of hospitals for the insane, should read attentively this work 

 on the construction and organization of hospitals for the insane. The work 

 will be found most admirable for the clearness of all its statements on 

 the different points, most thorough in its elaboration of details, and bear, 

 ing in every line the impress of a clear head, sound judgment and most 

 intimate acquaintance with everything which can have a bearing on the 

 promotion of the restoration, comfort and welfare of the insane, directed 

 and guided by that earnest conscientiousness which was such a prominent 

 trait in his character. 



In forming an opinion on any subject he was never hasty, but sub- 

 mitted all to the careful scrutiny of a sound judgment, which led him to 

 examine with a full knowledge of all the facts bearing on the point which 

 could be obtained. A warm, generous heart, keenly alive to all the finer 

 impulses of humanity, led him so to direct all his thoughts and actions 

 that self had no prominence, but the good of others and the advancement 

 of their happiness was the great aim and object of all his eflforts. The 

 more intimately his opinions, on every subject to which his thoughts were 

 directed are known, the more thorough will be the conviction of each 

 mind, that every faculty of his mind and every impulse of his heart urged 

 him onward in the path of entire devotion to the welfare and happiness of 

 all he could reach. 



No uncertain sound attended his utterances on all matters pertaining to 

 the welfare, care and treatment of the insane, and the mild and pleasant 

 manner in which his opinions were expressed served to carry conviction 

 to many minds which would have resisted a more dogmatic expression, 

 and added force was given by the evident sincerity and devotion to truth 

 and duty which dictated them. No more positive indication of the confi- 

 dence reposed in his judgment, and the earnestness and sincerity with 

 which he urged his views, can be looked for, than in the collection of the 

 large amount for the erection of the Department for Males of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Hospital for the Insane, by far the larger portion of that amount 

 having been obtained by his personal eftbrts in direct application to indi- 

 viduals, and any one who will examine that long list will see the uncom- 

 mon tact and energy displayed by him in his appeals to all classes and 

 conditions of men. 



On all matters pertaining to the welfare of the insane his opinions were 

 clear and decided, and formed with a care, discretion and deliberation 

 which those would do well to imitate who so freely criticise and often so 

 summarily reject them. To some of those opinions on matters which have 

 been so much discussed in late years, attention must be given in order to 



