The New York Pathological Institute.

Abstract

Hartford, Conn, May 21, 1900. To the Editor: —The ways of politicians in New York are always mysterious and startling. The unknown is always happening, particularly to institutions that are not well founded in public opinion. In the early sixties an inebriate asylum was founded at Binghamton. Later, the state took charge of it, and after a varied career under boss rule it was finally turned into an insane asylum. A little farther on in the history the reformatory at Elmira was founded and conducted on most advanced lines. Then the same old battle concentrated about it and tremendous efforts were made to destroy it, and change it to some other work. Fortunately, this failed. The epileptic asylum has been the center of the controversy, and were it not for very wise management a political battle would have begun to change and break it up before this. Now comes similar