MICHIGAN. 



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and Surgery, 380; Department of Law, 395; 

 School of Pharmacy, 100 ; Homeopathic Medi- 

 cal College, 71 ; College of Dental Surgery, 75. 

 Of these 184 were women, 110 of whom were 

 in the Literary Department, 44 in the Depart- 

 ment of Medicine and Surgery, 2 in Depart- 

 ment of Law, 5 in the School of Pharmacy, 19 

 in the Homeopathic Medical College, and 4 

 in the Dental College. Concerning these the 

 president says: "A good proportion of the 

 women who have graduated here are holding 

 conspicuous positions either as medical practi- 

 tioners or as teachers in high-schools, acade- 

 mies, and colleges. No less than six members 

 of the present faculty of Wellesley College, in- 

 cluding the president, are graduates of this 

 university. Several women who graduated 

 from the medical department are in heathen 

 lands discharging the varied and responsible 

 duties of medical missionaries." The president 

 further says: " About three fifths of the stu- 

 dents in the literary department were from 

 Michigan. More than half of the students in 

 the other departments were from elsewhere. 

 Perhaps no other institution in the country has 

 so wide-spread a constituency. Last year we 

 had students from every one of the Eastern, 

 the Middle, and the Western States, and from 

 every Southern State but four ; from four Ter- 

 ritories and the District of Columbia ; and from 

 Ontario, New Brunswick, Manitoba, the Ha- 

 waiian Islands, Nicaragua, Cuba, Bermuda, 

 England, Ireland, Roumania, Egypt, and Bur- 

 mah." The degrees conferred on examination 

 during the year were : Bachelor of Letters, 8 ; 

 Bachelor of Science, 9 ; Bachelor of Philosophy, 

 19 ; Bachelor of Arts, 39 ; Master of Letters, 

 1 ; Master of Science, 3 ; Master of Philosophy, 

 1 ; Master of Arts, 4 ; Doctor of Philosophy, 

 2; Doctor of Medicine (department of medi- 

 cine and surgery), 92 ; Bachelor of Laws, 170; 

 Pharmaceutical Chemist, 40 ; Doctor of Medi- 

 cine (homoeopathic college), 15 ; Doctor of 

 Dental Surgery, 32. Total, 435. The honor- 

 ary degrees were : Master of Arts, 2 ; Doctor 

 of Philosophy, 2. The degrees of Civil and 

 Mining Engineer are now offered only as sec- 

 ond degrees. The receipts of the year, exclu- 

 sive of balance, September 30, 1881, were 

 $266,740.06; the disbursements, $245,884.09; 

 and the balance on hand, September 30, 1882, 

 $28,118.75. The receipts from students' fees 

 were $85,979.10, and the payments on account 

 of salaries of officers, professors, and employes, 

 were $118,390.82. 



CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. The annual re- 

 port of the Superintendent of the Michigan 

 Asylum for the Insane, for the year ending 

 September 30, 1882, shows : 



Patients Septembr 30, 1881 685 



Received during the year 200 



Discharged recovered 29 



" improved 37 



unimproved 80 



Died .. '. 49 



145 



Remaining September 30, 1882 740 



The heredity of the 200 patients admitted 

 during the year is stated as follows: Paternal 

 insane immediate, 13 ; remote, 11. Maternal 

 insane immediate, 11 ; remote, 9. Paternal 

 and maternal insane, 6 ; brother or sister in- 

 sane, 25 ; unclassified, 7 ; dissolute parentage, 

 13; unascertained, 35; no insanity reported, 

 70. Of the same 200, 55 males and 48 females 

 were married ; 58 males and 23 females single, 

 and 9 males and 7 females widowed; 98 were 

 farmers, gardeners, or agricultural laborers ; 36 

 common laborers and domestics; 10 workers 

 in leather; 10 workers in stone; and only a 

 small percentage belonged to the professional 

 classes. 



The report of the Medical Superintendent of 

 the Eastern Michigan Asylum makes the fol- 

 lowing showing: 



658 



8S5 



Under treatment September 30, 1SS1 471 



Admitted during year 187 



Discharged recovered 44 



" improved 26 



" unimproved 10 



Died 86 



Temporarily absent 1 



11T 



Kemaining September 30, 1882 541 



Of this number 273 are males and 268 fe- 

 males. The superintendent, after classifying 

 the patients under the head of " probable ex- 

 citing causes," and the tendency to " ascribe 

 insanity to moral causes," says that "insanity 

 is very rarely to be ascribed to a single cause," 

 and reaches the conclusion that " the causes of 

 insanity are manifestly physical and affect the 

 individual by depressing the general health. 

 This interferes with the nutrition of the brain, 

 and mental alienation results." The expendi- 

 tures for 1882 were $175,618 for all purposes, 

 and the average weekly cost per capita was 

 $3.91f. 



The Board of Commissioners of the North- 

 ern Asylum for the Insane report the pur- 

 chase of a site near Traverse City, overlooking 

 Grand Traverse Bay, consisting of 339 acres, 

 with contracts for 57 acres adjoining the same ; 

 also that plans have been adopted, building 

 material contracted for, and a contract let for 

 the erection of the building. 



The report of the Principal of the Michigan 

 Institution for the Education of the Deaf and 

 Dumb gives an enrollment for the session of 

 1881-'82 of 249. The graduating class num- 

 bered but four, chargeable to an increase of the 

 school course from eight to ten years. The 

 disbursements on account of current expenses 

 were $46,589.74, of which amount $5,072.76 

 came from earnings and $41,516.98 from the 

 State. The trustees say : " The graduates of 

 this institution will compare favorably in lit- 

 erary attainments with those of the high-schools 

 of our State, while in ability to earn a living 

 and become self-supporting we think they sur- 

 pass any equal number of speaking pupils of 

 eight years' training that may be selected " 

 which work is accomplished at an average 

 weekly expense for each pupil of $3.23. 



