AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INSANITY, FOR JULY, 1844. ARTICLE I. BRIEF NOTICE OF THE NEW YORK STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM, AT UTICA, AND OF THE APPROPRIATIONS BY THE STATE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INSANE. This Asylum was opened for the admission of patients the ldth of January, 1843. Since that time to the 16th of June, 1844, a period of eighteen months, there have been Admitted, 433, viz. 228 men, 205 women. Recovered, 123, 67 " 56 (C Died, 13, " 10 " 3 11 Present number, 245, 124 " 121 It It is a State Institution, and under the control of a Board of Managers, appointed by the Senate, upon the nomination of the Governor. The term of three of the Board expires every year, when three additional managers are appointed. The following gentlemen constitute the present Board : THEODORIC ROMEYN BECK, M. Di, Albany. DAVID BUEL, Junior, Troy. CHARLES B. COVENTRY, M. D., Utica. NICHOLAS DEVEREUX, THOMAS H. HUBBARD, CHARLES A. MANN, ALFRED MUNSON, JACOB SUTHERLAND, Geneva. JAMES S. WADSWORTH, Geneseo.
