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TABLE OF CONTENTS. cº-ºsmºsºmºsºmsºmº Prefatory Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Units from an Army of Ten Thousand : What Happens to Uncared-for Epileptics in Illinois. The Problem by Districts. 6 States in which there are Epileptic Colonies, giving Detailed Information . . . . . . . . g = * * . 24 Epilepsy and Children : A Plea for the Right Help at the Right Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Estimated Number of Epileptics in Each Senatorial District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Map Indicating Boundaries of Senatorial Districts. . . 29 Description Outlining Boundaries of Senatorial Dists. 30 Colony Care for Epileptics: The Approved and Tested Method. 34 Report of the Committee of the Illinois Conference of Charities and Corrections on the Needs of Epileptics in Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Program of Action: What You Can Do. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Names of the Committee of Fifty . . . . . . . Page 3 of Cover DAPKOT & O 33 So UT H S DA KOTA EB ILLINOIS O Zº § § & 2,Ř\ ~）---- ~*?، Ss-*** ……--~~~~~ ， ！~）; №s Sae º THE SIMPLE ANNALS OF A LITTLE CITIZEN. Ninth Senatorial District. George was the youngest of a large family. He was an epileptic, but bright, and made good grades in the school, getting 95 in most of his studies. His seizures became more and more frequent. He had them in school. Conditions in the family were straitened, and it became necessary to take some action. The only thing that the State of Illinois could offer this little lad of nine was admission to the school for the feeble-minded. This made a jar even in Illinois, but it was the best that could be done. But the school was full, and George could not be admitted. What the State of Illinois then did to this lad of nine was to send him to an insane asylum and place him in a ward with fifty insane men. After a time he was removed because the sight of the little boy with men of all ages and conditions of insanity shocked and horrified a citizen who saw him. The lad expressed a wish “to go where it was quiet.” He was sent to the country where he improved, then returned home and led a devious ex- istence, spending some time in the Bridewell, and adding to his first-hand knowledge of insanity a varied acquaintance with men old in crime. Finally his case was mercifully solved. George died. To his last moment he could see and hear things that had been burned into his soul in his experiences among the insane and prisoners. “No fact in medical science is better established than that at least all youthful epileptics should be promptly transferred to a colony apart from the activities, excitements and tempta- tions of town and city.” (Dr. W. A. Gordon, former Superintendent of Northern Hospital for the Insane, Winnebago, Wis. See Milwaukee Free Press, Dec. 9, 1904.) “FROM HIM THAT HATH NOT.” wenty-eighth Senatorial District. As a child, G. was subject to sudden seizures. He ate his meals on the floor. His parents were poor, hard working peo- ple. In early childhood he was taunted and jeered at by children of the community who saw in his seizures something to pro- voke fun. As a youth he became a danger to his persecutors, for he resented their torments, and fear led them to desist. Women feared him, too. His family and friends, doctors and social workers, sought in vain to find some place where he might be cared for. He was not without ambition, and desired meas- urably at least to take his place in the world, but nobody would employ him. One day he learned with joy that some promise of em- ployment had been found. The town was to pay him fifty cents apiece for burying dead dogs. He did all the work he could get as dog undertaker, but even this was finally denied, for in order to stimulate business he began to kill dogs. Then there was nothing left. Finally, when his enforced idleness, lack of companionship, and general neglect, gave him distinctive criminal traits, Illinois enabled the people of his com- munity to take some action. He was sent to an insane asylum. The people of his senatorial district were relieved, but not sat- isfied, for their sense of justice protested that the boy had not had a square deal. “Eight hundred consecutive unselected repeated offenders show seven and a half per cent known epileptics, others sus- pected. They are the most dangerous and incalculable criminals. Pleasant one day, vicious the next, committing heinous crimes; about twenty per cent of same group feeble minded, most of them high grade and readily overlooked in court procedure; after all, fairly good talkers.” DR. W. M. HEALY, Juvenile Psychopathic Institute, Chicago. : 9 “I LL INO IS HAS NO PLACE FOR H E R U NTI L S HE CO M M ITS SOME OF FENSE O R BECOM ES INSA N E.” 10 SEEKING HELP AND LOSING A HOME. Forty-fifth Senatorial District. John M.'s mother is a widow. The son, now about twenty years of age, developed epilepsy after his father's death. The mother owned a little home. To secure treatment for John she worked at the wash tub and mortgaged her home. Honorable practitioners told her they could not cure her boy. Then she turned to the glaring advertisements of the quacks and bromide venders. She read all of them, and was al- lured by their promises. She sent them all the money she could scrape together through mortgaging the home and the labor of her hands. At last the home was gone, and her strength had failed. The boy was in a desperate condition. Every job he secured was soon lost. “I can work a while,” he said to the State Char- ities Commission one day, “but as soon as I have a seizure I am discharged. I know now that they were giving me bromides and strong drugs that were only making me worse. “I have to take more and more, and when I come out from under their effects, I am weaker and duller than ever. Can't you do something for me? Isn't there a state institution for me? My poor mother has worked herself to the edge of the grave and has lost her home, all for me, and I am no better.” Here was a clear, typical example of the wreck of property and body through the advertising quack. This young man could work in the garden, but not on the farm where he would have to attend horses and other animals. - For such a case a state colony would be a blessing. In- stead of having two upon its charge, as it will now have, this state could have saved the mother her dependency and afforded the boy a home in which he could have been comfortable and partly Self-supporting. 11 Weeding in Truck Patch. - º º º º º - - º Stacking Grain. New Jersey State Village for Epileptics. courtesy of David F. weeks, Medical Superintendent ELLEN'S BEQUEST. Twenty-eighth Senatorial District. Ellen's family was thoroughly impatient over the progress of her disease and unwilling even to tolerate her about the house. They had forced her out to service time after time. She would remain until she fell on a stove, or in a wash tub, or had some equally serious mishap, when she would be dis- charged. In her discouragement, the child sought out a hOS- pital, offering to work in return for treatment and maintenance. She met rebuff again; then she applied to the Charities of her to W1). The help of local physicians was enlisted, but little could be accomplished in the face of the family's indifference and Opposition, and the resulting unhappiness of the girl. She was taken to Chicago for special treatment of her eyes, with only slight relief. She was taught carpet weaving, which it was hoped she could do at home, but the mother made her work in a small shed, and was as indifferent as before. Then, hav- ing canvassed the resources of the town, and the entire state for a fit place to send the girl, money was raised to send her for a short time to a private colony in another state. When she returned she begged not to be sent home. Nothing else offered, however, and she was obliged to go back to her family. She became rapidly worse and the Seizures more frequent and violent. Still again her friends took up her case. This time they induced a hospital to try the plan the girl herself devised. She was very happy, and remained there until in a short time, in her twenty-third year, death mercifully relieved her of all anxiety about further wanderings. e She often talked with those about her of the hope, the one big desire of this young life, that Illinois, her state, should some day have a place where epileptics would really have a right to go. 13 A SHUT-IN FROM CHILDHOOD. Forty-eighth Senatorial District. Emma has been epileptic since infancy, and has lived the life of a shut-in from childhood. Occasionally the monotony is broken and she gets a glimpse of the big outer world when an extremely necessary visit to a dentist, or doctor, who cannot come to her, takes her out. The parents have devoted the best part of their lives trying to care for her. She sleeps on a mattress on the floor, and both father and mother are within call always, ready to watch with her through the attacks which are bound to occur, in greater or less frequency and violence, every night of her life. The parents are growing old and feeble. The family physician is almost a daily visitor, and has had to tell the old couple what he is every day more sure of, that the daughter will out-live both of them. There are no near relatives. There is no place that they know of where she can go after their death. The doctor feels that this load of worry is actually hastening the death of this aged couple. Their one great wish is that the state in which they live might have some place that could suit- ably care for their afflicted child. “Needless to say that the epileptic, sane and insane, clogs the wheels of every institution in these states where no separate care has been provided, from the goal to the hospital for the insane, from the refuge to the orphan asylum. Poor houses and benevolent asylums are encumbered with wretched, mis- placed, misused creatures. Of this state of things there can be but one opinion—that it is a disgrace to the community where it exists.” (Extract from an address by the late Dr. J. W. Y. Fish- bourne of Melbourne, Australia.) This special institution, preferably a colony, can be so ar- ranged as to properly cope with the peculiarities of the epileptic. Here a suitable occupation can be provided, such as his physical and mental condition will permit. He can be allowed recreation in many forms and thus feel better contented with his lot. He can attend religious services, an opportunity frequently denied him in the outside world. DR. WILLIAM T. SHANAHAN, Superintendent, Craig Colony, N. Y. 14 ‘WHAT ANSWER TO THIS MOTHER—ILLINOISP Fiftieth Senatorial District. One of the epileptics in the Fiftieth Senatorial District is a girl of 23. At the age of 8 she suffered an attack of scarlet fever. Till then she was as promising and normal as any little girl. She was returned to her mother after this sickness blind, paralyzed and mute. When she had regained her speech and sight and the use of her limbs, epilepsy developed. At the end of her resources, and urged by her friends and family, the mother placed the child in an asylum for the insane, the only place that could be found. She had been accustomed to the best food, delicately prepared, and had never been made conscious of her affliction, never referred to as an epileptic Or in- S3.1162. She was terrified at the actions and appearance of her fel- low-patients, and deeply offended to be regarded as insane. The mother removed her after two weeks. It took a month in the country and the best care to bring her back to her normal physi- cal condition, but the mother feels that she can never efface the remembrance of things she heard and saw and experienced in the asylum. The mother is a woman of unusual intelligence, and holds an important public office in her community. She constituted herself nurse, and teacher, doctor even, and gave up the years of greatest activity of her life in order to be of service to her child. She recently made a trip to Massachusetts to look into the care given epileptics in the colony in that state. As a result she is contemplating resigning her office and moving the family to Massachusetts to establish a residence there for the purpose of trying to get the daughter admitted. She says that this Sorrow has aged her twenty years, and has been an incalculable loss to her in time and efficiency, and to the happiness of the family. The mother's only thought now is to make some suitable pro- vision for her child, for the time is approaching when she will no longer be able to care for her. 15 AN APPEAL FOR “A MINIMUM’’ DEGRADATION. Tcmith Senatorial District. “E.'s first spasm came when she was about 6 years of age, but she attended school until she was 12 years old, when it was necessary to take her out. Her family tried to care for her, but as she grew older she would wander away from home and go about on the streets. She became almost nightly the victim of many men. She would be found in a terrible condition of ex- haustion and was taken three times to the police station, where in the morning she would be turned out to start over again in her wanderings. This was about three years ago. At this time we had her taken to the women's ward in our county jail and a physician was called. She was found to be in a terrible condition. Be- sides her spasms of epilepsy she had syphilis, and the story She told us was too horrible to relate. The only thing we could do was to send her to our County Farm, where we had a trained nurse, and she was given as good care as was possible; a course of treatment was directed by the county physician. After remaining there nine months, very much improved, she returned home. She remained in her home for six months or more, stay- ing indoors quite closely, until a month before she was sent to Elgin Insane Hospital, which was June 25, 1912. During that last month it was impossible for her people to keep her from the Streets; they were unable to control her, as she became danger- Ous. She lost all sense of morality, was in a most deplorable condition morally, physically and mentally. The mother told me yesterday that at the time of their last visit to Elgin two weeks ago, the physician said the spasms were very frequent. She would fall many times during 24 hours. Among her other experiences she gave birth to two illegiti- mate children.” -rtesy ºf state Charities ºn-mission. Here is a six-year-old epileptic girl as she was treated of necessity at home. She is tied like an animal. The State Board of Charities secured her admission to the Lincoln School for Feeble Minded Child- ren, as the state has no place for the epileptic. She is receiving both book and manual education and her seizures apparently have ceased under proper diet and other treatment. 17 AN UNSOLVED FAMILY PROBLEM. Forty-first Senatorial District. Eleven years ago a German farmer, at the bedside of his thirteen-months-old baby boy, was trying to comprehend the words of the doctor who was telling him that if the baby lived he would be different from Hilda and Leo and the healthy brood of brothers and sisters, and realized that the doctor was asking if he had better save the baby’s life. Heinrich has been an expense from the first year of his life. Over one thousand dollars from the meager family purse have gone to find a cure. The father does teaming and truck gardening, and does his best to supply the things which his chil- dren need. This added drain makes severe inroads on what the others ought to have. Much of the money has gone for ad- vertised remedies. The father has heeded every suggestion for fear that the one magic thing that would bring results might be Overlooked. - - Heinrich is an attractive little fellow, subnormal mentally, but with intelligence and capabilities. He is anxious to engage in various activities, and was fond of school and Sunday School. He still grieves because they have been denied, but tries to find things to take up his time around the house while brothers and sisters are in school. He avoids the neighbors' children for they have annoyed him in his seizures. When he feels the spells coming on he hurries to the barn. ^ - The family have been told the boy must have certain kinds of food, but the father asks how he can possibly tell one child at the table month after month and year after year that he cannot have what the other children are given. The family must deny itself pleasure of all kinds because they cannot take the child into groups of people, as seizures always follow. The parents cry when they talk of the boy's future. 18 EPILEPSY—A STATE-WIDE PROBLEM. Eleventh Senatorial District. In the Eleventh Senatorial District a lad of nine has been several times refused admission to the public schools. There is a large family of children; the parents are poor. The family cannot give the boy proper care, and there is no place for him. Another lad of eleven in the same district is sharing a like experience. He is on the streets, and beginning to wander away from home. - Still another lad of ten has wandered away a number of times and been picked up by the police. He has repeatedly been refused admission to school, and is falling among the worst ele- ments on the street, and beginning to be a danger to himself and to the neighborhood. Twenty-third Senatorial District. One case on the docket in the Juvenile Court recently was a little girl from the Twenty-third Senatorial District. She had been deserted by her parents, and was brought into the Juvenile Court in extreme need. In the neighborhood where the child lived was a poor woman, also an epileptic, living in a room On the top floor of a tenement. She could barely eke out an ex- istence because it was difficult for her to get employment. But she sympathized with the child and took her in. The case was brought to the Juvenile Court only when both were nearly starved. Thirty-third Senatorial District. E. H. has been an epileptic all his life. The disease was mild at first, but nothing was done for him and he has steadily declined. He was the cause of much trouble in the town. Al- though desirous of working he has never been able to hold a steady job. Finally, at the age of twenty-five, he was sent to an insane asylum. A. S., twenty-nine years of age, cannot get work, owing to the severity and frequency of attacks. He has injured himself a number of times in his seizures. - A. K., twenty-one years of age. Attacks began when he was sixteen. He is a laborer, but cannot hold a job, and is now en- tirely dependent upon a widowed sister who has five children. 19 *Kuoloo º ſeu o "loou os pºols eųq uſ » uo^^ \v ·luopuanuſualnsºutput uutis （1 til e!!!!！w utl JoÅsºlution PICKED UP ABOUT THE STATE. In One of the institutions of the state is a high school teach- er who came from the First Senatorial District. She is com- pletely incapacitated from accepting any position. In the Sixteenth Senatorial District is a man of forty-five. He has been an epileptic practically all his life. He lives with an aged mother, upon whom he entirely depends. His life is entirely useless. If he were in a colony he could be useful most Of the time. Among the problems in the Eighteenth Senatorial District is a young fellow of nineteen, without occupation. He had a public School education, and could be self-supporting if super- vised. Another lad of nineteen, untrained, without employment, was treated in a hospital for a number of years as a charity patient. He has been in the insane asylum. The family is poor, the stepfather is a laborer, and the mother takes in wash- ing. They have been on the county books off and on. The boy is becoming brutal and vicious, and is a menace in the neighbor- hood. He is not insane, so cannot be provided for. A young man in the Twentieth Senatorial District suffered a fracture of the skull from the kick of a horse. There was no place in his county where he could be taken care of, and the judge asked permission to have him sent to an insane asylum for treatment. Another case in the same district is that of a lad who had epilepsy from childhood. He could not be kept in school, and was hard to manage before his attacks came on. The parents were poor, and could not do much for him. One day he went swimming and in a seizure was drowned. In the Twenty-fourth Senatorial District in a university town is a child of thirteen. Has had no training; is losing memory. Family poor; mother illiterate. There are six chil- 21 dren under sixteen. One, a girl of five, is suspected of tubercu- losis; the youngest child also thought to be developing epilepsy. In the same district is a young man who lives with a widowed mother who has to take in washing for a living. He has been growing constantly worse, and his mother loses much of the work she could get because she has to stay at home. She does not know how she can earn a living much longer unless something can be done for her son. In the Thirty-second Senatorial District is a young fellow of twenty, thought to have developed epilepsy from the exces- sive heat. Can get no work, or go anywhere without a Com- panion. In the same district is a young fellow of twenty-three; has been an epileptic since his eighth year. He got some schooling, but was unable to get work. Is normal mentally, but very ir- ritable and dangerous after his seizures. Though not insane he was sent to an asylum. In the Thirtieth Senatorial District is a German woman thirty-five years of age. She had brain fever when three years of age, and has had epilepsy ever since. With her aged parents she lives with a widowed sister who is really unable to care for her. The epileptic must be kept in doors all the time, and under constant supervision. In the Forty-seventh District a man of thirty has had seizures for about thirteen years. Attacks come irregularly, sometimes twice a day, sometimes he will go two or three weeks without seizures. Is getting worse, and is not able to take care of him- self. Is without means of support and is a case for state care. A child, age thirteen, has always been epileptic, and has had muscular paralysis. It is a case Sadly needing care which can- not be given by the family. A child of eight. Large physically, but mentally unde- veloped; cannot go to school, and cannot be properly cared for by parents. - 22 A boy of thirteen has been an epileptic for two or three years. The parents are poor. The affliction makes it impossible for the boy to go to school. His mind is now gradually weak- ening. However, he is not insane, and cannot be admitted to the asylum. He cannot be sent to the poor farm because his parents are able to keep him. He loafs around and is a burden on the community. His only way out is through death, or insanity, Or if his parents should die it would be necessary for the com- munity to send him somewhere. An unmarried woman, now fifty, has been kept in the house by her parents for at least thirty years in a desire to keep her condition a Secret. She is kept locked up, and is hardly ever allowed out on the porch. She suffers violent attacks, and the lack of intelligent treatment is accelerating her deterioration. These are a few sample cases in the Forty-seventh Senator- ial District. According to the One in five hundred estimate made by the experts the world over, the Forty-seventh has 213 cases of epilepsy, many of whom stand in the same need of care as indicated in these brief statements. The Forty-seventh Senator- ial District comprises Madison and Bond counties. “The epileptic does not easily assimilate into our social System. His presence in School, in church, and public gather- ings, in business and social life, is anomalous, horrifying to Others, and humiliating to himself.” (“First Biennial Report of the Ohio Hospital for Epilep- tics, etc., 1909, p. 28.) 23 STATES IN WHICH THERE ARE EPILEPTIC COLONIES PLANT STAFF No. of | No. of Buildings Employees No. of Acres Equipment Location and Valuation Date of of Establishment Plant De- | Unde- For veloped veloped | Maintenance For Industrial Purposes | i | | | | i | ; 0H10 Hospital for $1,033,630.05 450 |. . . . . . . . Farm, Garden, School with circulating library; (1) (2) . Epileptics, at Dairy, Laun- Kindergarten, Dressmaking, 25 || 3 || 20 | 57.24 6 || 103 114 13.85 Gallipolis. (Es- dry, Gre e n - Plumbing, Steamfitting, Car- tablished 1890) houses, Bakery, pentry, Shoe Repairing, Butcher Shop Tinsmithing, Blacksmithing, Upholstery, Mattress mak- ing, Painting, Printing NEW YORK, $1,115,193.37| 621 | 1268.86 Farm, Garden, Blacksmithing, Carpentering, 40 |25 || 35 | 35 | 10 || 105 127, 13.15 Craig Colony for Dairy, Laun- Plumbing, Shoe Shop, Paint Epileptics, Son- dry, B a kery, Shop, Printing Office, Mat- yea, New York. B a r ber Shop, tress Shop, Brick Y a r d, Founded in Butcher Shop Soap Plant, Dressmaking 1894 - Shop, Tailor Shop, Sloyd School MASSACHUSETTS $834,043.05 379 308 || F arm , Green- Stone Crusher, Sewing, Indus- 16 || 4 || 2 || 51.35| 7 || 120 109 6.85 M on s on State houses, Laun- trial room with Wood and Hospital, Pal- dry, B a ke r y, Stone Carving, Printing, mer, M as s . Nurses' Train- Tailoring, Chair-caning, Up- Opened in 1898 ing School, Spe- holstering, Repairing cial Children's Colony NEW JERSEY $113,225. 17 G) |. . . . . . . . Farm, Garden, Mending, Sewing, Blacksmith- 10 || 5 || 1 34.54 3 || 35 | 76 || 9.87 State Village for in personal | 1,000 Dairy, Laundry ing, Printing. Shoemaking, Epileptics at property Shoe Repairing Ski l l in a n. Establish ed March, 1898 KANSAS . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 | . . . . . . . . Farm, Garden, School Sewing Room State Hospital for Dairy, Laundry - 12 || 2 || 6 || 35.96 3 | 40 || 17 | 10.79 E p i ! ept ic s Engineering at Parsons. (Es- tablished 1902) TEXAS 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Farm, Garden, Sewing Room • * * = i < * * * : * * * * : * * * * * * 2 || 2–H| 3–H . . . . . . . . St a t e Epileptic Dairy Colony at Abi- l e n e (Estab- lished 1902) INDIANA Willage $257,534.87 | 1,245 |. . . . . . . . Farm, Garden | Carpenter Shop 5 || 6 || 9 || 23.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for Epileptics, Dairy New Castle. (Established March, 1905) - Wi RGINA State . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 760 | Farm; Garden, Patients helped in construc- 2 || 1 || 3 || 47.25 2 | 9 || 22 | 10.5 Epileptic Col- Laundry tion ony, Madison Heights (Estab- lished A p r il, 1910) CONNECTICUT $17,680.00 220 | . . . . . . . . Farm and Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colony for Epi- a CreS Buildings, Stock leptics at Mans- arable and Implements field. (Estab- and pas- lished Sep t . , ture land 1910 Some woods G)Many of the employees have quarters in the same buildings as patients. (2)The number of barn buildings have not been ascertained exactly. (3)The Prº is not so large, but there is money available for the purchase of additional farm land bringing the total acreage OVer 1. - Acreage, Equipment, Expense and Details of Management PATIENTS EXPEND ITURES No. Patients * No. Patients Present at of Epilepsy Employed in Cost to State During Year * - e. r Patients Institution Conditions End of Year Daily Admitted Governing Methods of Average º Admission of Admitting Patients | Male |*|Popula- ear Male | Female | For Maintenance É Patients .# 5 tion for c. :5 ~ y --> --> T-3 e5 à || 2 | #| 2 | * :=|2|====|| 3 || 3 || 3 | # 3 | ## k- $– 35 – | + | < | + | < | Net Total 3 - 5 ; | 3 | # #|3|#####| 5 || || 5 || # 5 , E tº 5 || 3 || 5 ====#|z & z | * 2– (3.3 - - a - | ... - ** Only legal resi- Application for admission —- || –“ - || 1,431 (6325|5340,302228. $249,762.96|$174.54 |$17,205.19 dents of Ohio; must be made in the 796 674 all classes of epi- Probate Court leptics received Must be citizens Application through Supt. 315| 446 217. 442 1,381. 127845,5139|30|12||11| 55773.2 37056. 1 $234,224.02 |$169.59 |$25,495.52 of N. Y.; equal of the Poor or Comm'r favor must be of Charities. ... All ad- shown every mitted as in digents. County Able patients must pay whole or part All epileptic citi- Insane epileptics are ad- 53' 394 66 338,835.3452. 149|..|19||16|1320|| 32672.93 36089.11| $176,396. 50 211. 1668|$16,291.62 zens in St a tel mitted on Court com- eligible mitment, application signed by two physi- cians and judge. “Dangerous" epileptics are admitted in the same way, a different blank being used. Sane epi- leptics are admitted on application by one phy- sician and a justice; a judge's signature is not required 49 Minimum age 5. Application to superinten- 52 136 47| 125 345.362311||12| 4 3|... 1 15783.51 12270.93 $111,843. 11 $324, 18 |. . . . . . . . . . inimum termſ dent 1 year. Helpless or dangerous epileptics or those sick with contagious dis- ease not ad- mitted Must be citizen of Sane epileptics admitted 12 283 11| 167 431.5 |31.35|29,312712|10|All patients who $79,714.80 |$184.73 || $18,792. 57 State. No low on voluntary commit- are able to grade imbeciles ment. Insane epileptics work part and idiots admitted on commit- of time ment by Probate Court s • - - - - - e s - - - - - * * : * * * * * * s • e - - - - s = e º - - - - a s s 2–~ | –’- || 373 ..|Most pal tients $62,385.83 ($167. 25 $2,321.89 231 157 have work in departments of colony, try to put everybody to work * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I a w - - - - * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * : * * * * : * * * * | * * * 115.265. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7060. 3. . . . . . $30,768. 51 $266.937| $18,718.23 All patients admitted to the Colony so far (3) (6) (i) | (i) have been obtained by transfer from State 4 106 . . . . 94.5 ||25 9 23.27.13 5. 2 6861.8 . . . . . . . . $10,124.62 $107.14 |$45,826.80 Asylums || || | | | | | | | | | | | | G)There are quarters for some of the officers and employees in the administration building. G)There are included here 10 patients who were released from Colony during course of the year. (3) During September. (3) For five months from May 1, 1911, to Sept. 30, 1911. Epilepsy and Children. A Plea for the Right Help at the Right Time. One of the pathetic facts about the neglect of the epileptic is the prevalence of the disease annong children and young peo- ple. That our state should neglect its wards and entirely ignore their needs at the time when it could most profitably help is cruelty to the victim and a loss to the state as well. Of 949 patients admitted to the epileptic colonies of six states, Kansas, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia and Massachusetts, during periods covering from one to two years, 734, or 77 per cent, had the first attack of epilepsy before they were twenty years old. 215, or 22 per cent, were over twenty. In the Illinois State Hospitals for the Insane at Watertown and Kankakee, out of 152 cases reported as being in residence during 1911–12, 91, or 60 per cent, had the first attack of epilep- sy before they were twenty years old. 61, or 40 per cent, were over twenty. - To show the great length of time which often intervened between the time of the first attack and the admission to hospi- tal care, the state institutions for the insane of Illinois were asked to report the duration of the attacks at time of admission. Of 196 cases reported from the three institutions at Watertown, Kankakee and Jacksonville, I4, or 7 per cent, received treatment very soon after the Onset of epilepsy. 73, or 37 per cent, waited from two to ten years before they were admitted to the hospitals, 45, or 23 per cent, from ten to twenty years, and 64, or 32 per cent, did not enter hospitals until more than twenty years after the onset of the disease. One man waited fifty-five years, an- Other fifty-three, another fifty, and nine for forty years or over. These people had to wait till loneliness, neglect, lack of em- ployment, humiliation and disappointment had contributed to physical, mental and moral decline—before any door was open– and that the door of an insane asylum. 26 ---！>*SSNN T^2 \，| 2%t.\\s\！} |×&& S` *. *~~~~）* №=\SÈ2O}NS Sw º №º$ zź3\\\\C%ſz ſae， NY， QSN?· \\ \\Ø W§SSÈNAN".Nºsºs…£.* (AÑRYA，ŠÈ=Sși VRS，É~ ÇÃNQ\\ſ）（№4 -） （S， ， №24 №vº22：23, Ķ→z， →º \');.*º. ∞ → ）. . . .№ Ļ,§ ' \, N Sąſi Ten Thousand Epileptics in Illinois. The Problem by Senatorial Districts. This figure is arrived at by applying to the population of Illinois the estimates of experts the world over, viz., that there is One epileptic in every three to five hundred of the population; we have taken the larger number, one in five hundred. This es- timate is arrived at after intensive studies among large groups of people, and is accepted by the best authorities in practically every civilized country. * During the summer of IOI2 a casual inquiry as to the prev- alence of epilepsy was made in each senatorial district of this state. Social workers, teachers, physicians, superintendents of institutions, poor farms, officials of dispensaries and others were visited and all co-operated heartily. This very cursory study has made it seem that the estimate of one in five hundred is an under-statement of the real situation. The stories set forth in this pamphlet indicate something of the struggles and hardships of the individual units in this great army. They are our neighbors. Their often tragic lives are lived in our very midst. Dividing the population into senatorial districts, and taking as a basis of estimate the figures of experts, viz., one epileptic to 500 of the population, gives the distribution of these people as follows: SENATOEIAL, NTUMBER SENATO RIAT, NUMBER DISTRICT. EPILEPTICS. DISTRICT. EPILEPTICS. 1 144 27 21 () 2 174 28 206 3 204 . 29 140 4 268 30 210 5 246 31 304 6 342 32 179 7 286 33 199 8 205 34 108 9 284 35 191 10 182 36 183 11 296 37 191 12 153 3S 244 13 330 39 180 14 205 40 161 15 204 41 235 16 168 42 193 17 176 43 191 18 200 44 166 19 290 45 250 20 200 46 109 21 246 47 213 22 210 48 238 23 224 49 23.9 24 1.65 50 262 25 364 51 182 26 170 28 | \ g : O STE; Jo Daviess sºsol # 2, | Mc HENRY | Lake 24,533 a r * o tº 29,759 , 34.5 g §§§ nºors F. t! D ** 8th Drs T. s-ºv– ! | o CARROLL • 8,963 O KANE DE KALB 78, 7.92 31, 7 s a * 14th DIST KENOALL 11,467 | BU REAU 39th. i 41, 112 LA SALLE O …, p I S T . —º- GRUN DY - - 3 24, 36 & p O ºr N A M IDIST. '' 3 J - - A4, 745 Cº KANKAKEE STARK !-- * 2 C '...} 10, 186 º HAUL º 37, 154 7 * = * *= * * A.3 k N ox 16,370 Livi NGSTON °. °C) to J © as ºmº º º ºr 3 : I wanken 43,012 1St Jº. 1 6 t /u. D IoS T. *2, # e 43,612 43rd PEORIA wOOO FORD 42,035 o” 2 88,608 21 822 º 32nd I------- o i ROQUOlS * JOIST. 38,014 | w _D I S T . ID ( S T . TAZ E well. 2 oth a sº.: g FOR Hanco& |"c boºbuo" FULTON o Mc LEAN (º, Ç) o 28 412, © |& 33,221 67,843 32,215 46,201 J. MAson ºf L^ * * S I A N | DE wit T VERM ILION * gg | 918,972 C++AM PAIGN ERM IL o: Ç * 16 129 ** **92 & t ), | t Ja o 65; 635 M r— - – - - 47,622 A D A S 2 3. C. | 22 ºr ºl \ 67,058 8 Row N C) 4. IP I S T . 1 : 5,57 , 70 *=T º J- DIST. * OOUGLAS Q J6th. O 19,097 E. O.C. A P I K E O º 21,593 MoU L T R & ..— — 28,273 to sº"Tºº,”9°D IS T. cº-prSºrt Aw 3 4 t Ju C. ) Ö C O L E S ſ 32,790 34 48° creene 2– 2 D I S.T. o | Macoup $ uwee alano | Cº." « & Q MO'. T COM ERY I) I., S T . . . C 23, Q 33 42/266 O. 836 16, 1 2 4 ) I S T g JAS PER 29 50 MAA DISO?" º ...) s § 4, 59.3 # oz86 r º ) tº C UN A Y 4.7 t le I S T r S • º, ºr 19,56 - 2 ºf d D IS T . Ric-LAND i MAQION ^ 16,391 49th tº L1 Nf ON f ST CLA 18 19,824 30,446 S) 3 & £ or vy. 86, 68.5 i W A Y N E ; : w AS!-- NGTON ! \, ^v o #: o Jerrifsº Ö 27,626 $43 19,526 28 (33 t—t A Nº. 1 TOM w $41 f E - C MAP OF raísºut, 20, 193 . | LLINOIS tº L_3. — &– ...T.’ Tºw S+ O.W.", 1NG S & o © vy Lt. A M SON SAt NE 27, 796 SENATORIAL APPORTIONMENT ~~~, 1901 ~~~ COOK COU W T Y D/STR/CTS. 7st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th and 31st. Courtesy of The Chicago Daily News. 29 ILLINOIS SENATORIAL DISTRICTS. Established May 10, 1901. Dist. 1. First and 2d wards, Chicago. 2. That part of the 11th ward north of 16th street; that part of the 12th ward north of 16th street and east of Califor- Inia avenue, and the 20th ward, Chicago. . Third ward; that part of the 4th ward east of Halsted street; that part of the 5th Ward bounded by Union avenue, 35th Street, Parnell avenue and 33d Street; that part of the 6th ward north of 43d Street, Chicago. Twenty-ninth and 30th wards and that part of the 31st ward north of 57th place and east of the Rock Island right Of way, Chicago. Sixth ward, except that part north of 43d street, and the 7th ward, except that part South of 63d Street and east of Cot- tage Grove avenue, Chicago. Twenty-fourth ward; that part of the 25th ward north of Devon avenue; that part of the 23d ward west of Halsted Street, and the 6th ward, Chicago; also that part of the town of Evanston Outside Chicago and those parts of the towns of New Trier and Niles within the city of Evanston, Cook county. . Towns of Thornton, Bloom, Rich, Brem- en, Orland, Lemont, Palos, Worth, Lyons, : 3 4. 5 G. 7 Stickney, Proviso, Leyden, Elk Grove, Schaumburg, Hanover, Barrington, Pala- tine, Wheeling, Northfield; that part of Niles outside the city of Chicago and out- side the city of Evanston; that part of New Trier outside the city of Evanston, and those parts of the towns of Norwood Park and Maine outside of Chicago, all in Cook County. . Lake, Henry and Boone counties. . That part of the 4th ward west of Hal- sted street; the 5th ward, except that part bounded by Union avenue, 35th street, Parnell avenue and 33d street; 16th Street, California avenue, the C., part north and west of 16th Street, & Q. right of way, Clifton Park avenue, 24th street, Central Park avenue, to the Illinois and Michigan canal. 10. Ogle and Winnebago counties. 11. Thirty-first ward, except that part north ; of 57th place and east of the Rock Island right of way, and the 32d ward, Chicago. 12. Stephenson to Jo Daviess and Carroll COunties. 13. That part of the 7th ward south of 63d street and east of Cottage Grove ave- nue; the 8th and 33d wards, Chicago, and that part of the town of Calumet outside of the city of Chicago. 14. JKane and Kendall Counties. 15. Nintlı ward, except that part north and west of 14th Street, Johnson street and Maxwell street; 10th ward, except that part north and west of 16th street, Throop street, 14th street and Morgan street, and that part of the 11th ward south of 16th steret, Chicago. 16. Marshall. Putnam, Livingston and Wood- ford counties. 17. That part of the 9th ward north and west of 14th Street, Johnson Street and Maxwell street; that part of the 10th ward north and west of 16th street, Tllroop street, 14th and Morgan street, and the 19th ward, Chicago. 18. Peoria county. 19. That part of the 12th ward north and west of California avenue, C., B. & Q. right of way and Clifton Park avenue; 13th and 34th wards, Chicago; the towns of Cicero, Berwyn and Riverside, in Cook county. Dist. 20. Kankakee, Grundy and Iroquois coun- ties. 21. Fourteenth ward; that part of the 17th ward South of Augusta street, Holt Street, Cornell Street, Milwaukee avenue and Green Street; that part of the 35th Ward South of Chicago avenue, Park ave- nue and Lake street, Chicago. 22. Vermilion and Edgar counties. 23. I’ifteenth ward; that part of the 16th ward bounded by North avenue, Robey Street, Division street and Ashland awe- nue; that part of the 35th ward north of Chicago avenue west of Park avenue and north of Lake Street, Chicago, and the town of Oak Park in Cook county. 24. Champaign, Piatt and Moultrie coun- ties. 25. Twenty-seventh and 28th wards, Chi- Cago. 26. McLean and Ford counties. 27. Sixteenth ward, except that part bound- ed by North avenue, Robey street, Diwi- sion street and Ashland avenue; that part of the 17th ward bounded by Ashland ave- Inue, Augusta street, Holt street, Cornell Street, Kinzie Street, river and Division street; 18th ward, Chicago. 28. I.Ogan, DeWitt and Macon counties. 29. Twenty-first ward, except that 'part north of Goethe, State and Schiller streets: 22d ward, except that part west of Halsted street, and except that part north and west of Sedgwick, Sigel, Cleveland, Clybourn, Larrabee and Di- vision, Chicago. 30. Tazewell, Mason, Menard, Cass, Brown and Schuyler counties. 31. That part of the 21st ward north of Goethe, State and Schiller streets; that part of the 22d ward west of Halsted street and that part of the 22d ward east of Halsted street and north of Di- vision, Larrabee, Clybourn. Cleveland and Sigel: that part of the 23d ward east of Halsted street, and that part of the 25th ward South of Devon avenue, Chi- Cago. 32. McDonough, Hancock and Warren coun- ties. 33. Rock Island, Mercer and Henderson counties. 34. Douglas, Coles and Clark Counties. 35. Whiteside, Lee and Delkalb counties. 36. Scott, Calhoun, Pike and Adams coun- ties. 37. Henry, Bureau and Stark counties. 38. Greene, Montgomery, Jersey and Ma- coupin counties. 39. I, aSalle County. 40. Christian, Shelby, berland Counties. 41. DuPage and Will counties. 42. Clinton, Marion, Clay and Effingham counties. 43. Inox and Fulton Counties. 44. Washington, Randolph, Perry, and Jackson counties. 45. Morgan and Sangamon counties. 46. Jefferson, Wayne, Richland and Jasper counties. 47. Madison and Bond counties. 48. Hardin, Gallatin, White, Edwards, Wa- bash, Lawrence and Crawford Counties. 49. St. Clair county. 50. Franklin, Williamson, der and Pułaski counties. 51. Hamilton, Saline, Pope, Massac counties. Courtesy of The Daily News Almanac Fayette and Cum- Monroe Union, Alexan- Johnson and STATE SENATORS, 1913. 22. Martin B. Bailey. . . . . . . . . . . Danville, Ill. 23. Neils Juul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago , , 26:45 Potomac AWe. 24. Raymond D. Meeker. . . . . . . . . Sullivan, Ill. 25. Johan Waage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 4034 N. 42nd Ave. (Res.) 69 W. Washington St. (Bus.) 26. Noah E. Franklin . . . . . . . . . Lexington, Ill. 27. John Broderick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 122 Aberdeen St. 28. Willis R. Shaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . Decatur, Ill. 29. John M. O'Connor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago . 1041 Rush St. (Res.) 69 W. Washington St. (Bus.) 30. Walter I. Manny. . . . . . . . Mt. Sterling, Ill. 31. W. H. Cornwell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 3825. Alta Vista Terrace. (Res.) 38 S. Dearborn St. (Bus.) 32. William A. Compton . . . . . . . . Macomb, Ill. 33. Frank A. Landee. . . . . . . . . . . . . Moline, Ill. 34. John R. Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . Mattoon, Ill. 35. John H. Gray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morrison, Ill. 36. Campbell S. Hearn . . . . . . . . . . . Quincy, Ill. 37. Hugh S. Magill, Jr. . . . . . . . . Princeton, Ill. 38. Stephen D. Canaday. . . . . . . . Hillsboro, Ill. 39. Henry W. John S.On . . . . . . . . . . . Ottawa, Ill. 40. I'. Jeff Tossey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toledo, Ill. 41. Iticliard J. Barr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joliet, Ill. 42. F. C. Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xenia, Ill. 43. C. E. Hurburgh . . . . . . . . . . . Galesburg, Ill. 44. IC ent E. IXeller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AAva. Ill. 45. Logan Hay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Springfield, Ill. 46. W. Duff Piercy. . . . . . . . . . Mt. Vernon, Ill. 47. Edmond Beall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alton, Ill. 4S. James A. Womack. . . . . . . . . . Equality, Ill. 49. John M. Chamberlin, Jr. ... E. St. Louis, Ill. 50. I). T. Woodard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benton, III. 51. Douglas W. Helm. . . . . . . . Metropolis, Ill. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1913. 1. Francis P. Brady. . . . . . . . . . e - - - - - Chicago 2030 Indiana Ave. 2. Francis A. Hurley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 1015 Cypress St. 3. Samuel A. Ettelson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 3315 Calumet Aye. . (Res.) 39 S. La Salle St. (Bus.) 4. Al F. Gorman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 5436 S. Morgan St. 5. Walter Clyde Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 5541 Woodlawn Ave. (Res.) Fort Dearborn Bldg. (Bus.) G. George W. Harris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago • 1963 Montrose Ave. 7. William H. Maclean . . . . . . . Wilmette, Ill. 8. Albert J. Olson . . . . . . . . . . Woodstock, Ill. 9. Patrick J. Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 3S27 Campbell Ave. 10. Henry Andrus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rockford, Ill. 11. Carl Lundberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 5917. S. Halsted St. 12. Michael H. Cleary. . . . . . . . . . . Galena, Ill. 13. Albert C. Clark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hicago 7137 IEuclid Avo. 14. Thomas B. Stewart. . . . . . . . . . Aurora, Ill. 15. Edward J. Forst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 1817 S. Ashland Ave. 16. Christian Haase. . . . . . . . . . . Washburn, Ill. 17. Edward J. Glackin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 618 S. Morgan St. 1S. John Dailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peoria, Ill. 19. John T. Denvir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 1S46 S. 40th Ave. 20. Edward C. Curtis. . . . . . . . Grant Park, Ill. 21. John E. Madigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 324 Artesian Ave. (Res.) 1439 Unity Bldg. (Bus.) 1. Maurice J. Clarke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 124 E. 22nd St. 1. John H. Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 2446 Prairie Ave. 1. John Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 2020 Indiana Ave. 2. Frank J. McNichols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 1103 S. Winchester Ave. 2. Frank J. Snite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 2072 Ogden Ave. 2. John F. McCarty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 714. S. Claremont Ave. 3. F. E. J. Lloyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Chicago 3625 Grand Blvd. 3. John I’. Walsh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CIlicago 3127 Union Ave. 3. Henry M. Ashton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 3716 Lake Ave. 4. Martín R. Gorman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago Ö106 S. Paulina St. 4. George C. Hilton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 5440 Winchester Ave. 4. Hubert Kilens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 5026 S. Ashland Ave. 5. Morton D. Hull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 48:55 WOOdlawn Ave. 5. Isaac S. Rothschild. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 44,44 Prairie Ave. 5. Michael L. Igoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 5463 Greenwood Ave. G. Charles S. Graves. . . . . . . . . . Evanston, Ill. 1925 Maple Ave. (Res.) Otis Building (Bus.) G. Robert E. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 4025 Perry St. G. Joseph A. Weber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 1921 Belmont Ave. 7. Frederick B. Roos. . . . . . . Forest Park, Ill. 7 John M. Curran. . . . . . . . . . . Winnetka, Ill. 7. J. J. O'Rourke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harvey. Ill. 8. Edward D. Shurtleff. . . . . . . . Marengo, Ill. 8. Fayette S. Munro. . . . Highland Park, Ill. 8. Thomas E. Graham . . . . . . . . Ingleside, Ill. 9. David E. Shanahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 115 S. Dearborn St. 9. Rudolph Stoklasa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 22.7's Kedzie Ave. 9. Robert J. Mulcahy. . . . . © tº e s tº g tº a tº e Chicago 3124 Archer Ave. 10. John A. Atwood. . . . . Stillman Valley, Ill. 10. John Coleman . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rochelle, Ill. 10. Andrew J. Lovejoy. . . . . . . . . . Roscoe, Ill. 11. Robson Barron . . . . . * * * * * * * * s s is s s Chicago 1419 W. Garfield Blvd. 11. Frank J. Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago - 6828 Bishop St. 11. Henry F. Schuberth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 7832 Lowe Ave. 12. T. H. Hollister. . . . . . . . . . . . Freeport, Ill. 12. Martin J. Dillon. . . . . . . . . . . . . Galena, Ill. 12. R. R. Thompson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kent, Ill. 13. E. J. Schnackenberg . . . . . .- * * * * * * * Chicago 2706 E. 7.5th Place. 13. Be:lton F. Kleeman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 11444 Prairio Ave. 13. Seymour Stedman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 1108 E. 66th St. 14. Frank W. Shepherd. . . . . . . . . . . . Elgin. Ill. 14. Henry B. Fargo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geneva, Ill. 14. Charles F. Clyne. . . . . & © - e º e º a 4.Aurora. l Il. 15. Thomas Curran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 2023 S. Center Ave. 15. Peter F. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 1608 S. U. Inion St. 15. Joseph O. Hruby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 1806 S. Center. A ye. 16. Henry A. Foster. . . . . . . . . . . . Fairbury, Ill. 1ſ. Chas. H. Carm On . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forrest, Ill. 16. Michael Faby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toluca, Ill. 31 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1913–Continued. 17. Edward J. Smejkal. . . . . . . . ſº tº 6 g º gº tº Chicago 560 Bunker St. 17. Tony Trimarco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 723 Loomis St. 17. John S. Burns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 622 Blue Island Ave. 18. Lucas I. Butts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peoria, Ill. 18. Thomas N. Gorman........... Peoria, Ill. . George Fitch. . . . Peoria, Ill. 19. Joseph C. Blaha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 3736 W. 13th St. 19. R. E. Sherman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 4010 Gladys Ave. 19. John J. McLaughlin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 3105 Washington Blvd. 20. Israel Dudgeon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morris, Ill. 20. Daniel O’Connell . . . . . . . . . . . IXinsman, Ill. 20. William H. Dunn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESSex, Ill. 21. John Grunau . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * * * Chicago 2251 Park Ave. 21. H. W. Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 526 N. A vers Ave. 21. Benjamin M. Mitchell. . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 324G Washington Blvd. 22. Chas. W. Fleming. . . . . . . . . . Danville, Ill. 22. William P. Holaday. . . . . Georgetown, Ill. 22. George W. Myers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paris, III. 23. George A. Miller. . . . . . . . . Oak Park, Ill. 604 S. Scoville Ave. 23. C. M. Madsen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 332S Beach Ave. 23. Emil N. Zolla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 1924 W. Division St. 24. William F. Burres. . . . . . . . . . . Urbana, Ill. 24. F. E. Williamson . . . . . . . . . . . . Urbana, Ill. 24. Joseph Carter. . . . . . . . . . . . Champaign, Ill. 25. Charles G. Hutchinson . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 3524 McLean Ave. 25. Edward J. Costello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 3055 Palmer Square 25. Joseph M. Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clicago 3027 N. Spaulding Ave. 26. Abraham C. Thompson . . . . Piper City, Ill. 26. William Rowe. . . . . . . . . . . . . Saybrook, Ill. 26. Frank Gillespie. . . . . . . . . Bloomington, lll. 27. Albert Rostenkowski . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 1261 Noble St. 27. Joseph Pitlock . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8 s tº g s Chicago 130S Chittendell St. 27. James M. Donlan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 9:54 W. Madison St. 2S. William McGinley. . . . . . . . . . . Decatur, Ill. 2S. Cyrus J. Tucker. . . . . . . . . . . . Decatur, Ill. 2S. W. W. McCormick . . . . . . . . . . . Emden, Ill. 29. Medill McCormick . . . . . . . . tº a e e s e Chicago 22 E. Goethe St. 29. Patrick J. Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 210 Whiting St. 29. James H. Farrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 1147 Wells St. 30. George B. Wiemer. . . . . . . . San Jose, Ill. 30. William M. Groves. . . . . . . Petersburg, Ill. 30. A. M. Foster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rush ville, Ill. 31. Franklin S. Catlin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clicago 451 Belden Ave. *IDeceased. 31. William McKinley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 4053 Sheridan Road. 31. Harry L. Shaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago 6347 Winthrop Ave. 32. R. A. Elliot... . . . . . . . . . . . Monmouth, Ill. 32. John Huston . . . . . . . . . . Blandinsville, Ill. 32. J. H. Jayne. . . . . . . ........Monmouth, Ill. . Chas. A. Clark. . . . . . . . Everett L. Wertz. . . . . . Thomas Campbell. . . . . . . Rock Island, Ill. Ill. Ill. . . . . . . Sherrard, . . . . . Oquawka, 34. William T. Hollenbeck. . . . . Marshall, Ill. 34. Polk B. Briscoe. . . . . . . . . . . Westfield, Ill. 34. Edward F. Poorman. . . . . . . . . Mattoon, Ill 35. Alfred N. Abbott . . . . . . . ... Morrison, Ill. 35. John P. Devine. . . . . . . . tº tº gº tº tº e a e Dixon, Ill. 35. Roy D. Hunt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeKalb, Ill. 36. George H. Wilson. . . . . . . . . . . . Quincy, Ill. 36. William H. Hoffman. . . . . . . . . Quincy, Ill. 36. E. T. Strubinger. . . . . . . . . . . . El Dara, Ill. 37. Clayton C. Pervier. . . . . . . . . Sheffield, Ill. 37. Frank W. Morrasy. . . . . . . . . . Sheffield, Ill. 37. Randolph Boyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Galva, Ill. 38. S. Elmer Simpson. . . . . . ... Carrollton, Ill. 38. William A. Hubbard. . . . . . Carrollton, Ill. 38. Henry A. Shepard. . . . . . . . Jerseyville, Ill. 39. O. E. Benson. . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - Ottawa, Ill. 39. Lee O’Neil Browne. . . . . . . . . . Ottawa, Ill. 39. William M. Scanlon. . . . . . . . . . . . Peru, Ill. 40. Walter M. Provine . . . . . ... Taylorville, Ill. 40. Arthur Roe . . . . . . . & © tº s g º & ſº tº Vandalia, Ill. 40. John C. Richardson. . . . . . . . . Edinburg, Ill. 41. *James H. Alexander . . . . . . . Lockport, Ill. 41. William R. McCabe. . . . . . . . Lockport, Ill. 41. Ezra E. Miller. . . . . . . . . . . . Naperville, Ill. 42. Robert S. Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flora, Ill. 42. Walter E. Rinehart. . . . . . . Iºffingham, Ill. 42. Pred J. Roch . . . . . . . . . . New Baden, Ill. 43. Edward J. King. . . . . . . . . . Galesburg, Ill. 43. W. B. Elliott. . . . . . . . . . Williamsfield, Ill. 43. E. W. Duvall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lewiston, Ill. 44. A. H. Cohlmeyer. . . . . . . . . . . Nashville, Ill. 44. Judson E. Harriss. . . . . . . . . . Duquoin, Ill. 44, James M. Etherton . . . . . . . Carbondale, Ill. 45. Thomas E. Lyon . . . . . . . . . . Springfield, Ill. 45. James F. Morris. . . . . . . . . . Springfield, Ill. 45. James M. Bell. . . . . . . . . . . . Rochester, Ill. 46. Chas. L. Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IKeens, Ill. 46. John M. Rapp . . . . . * g e º 'º tº e s º Fairfield, Ill. 46. R. J. Kasserman . . . . . . . . . . . . Newton, Ill. 47. Norman G. Flagg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . MOro, Ill. 47. Ferdinand A. Garesche . . . . . . Madison, Ill. 47. William Dickman. . . . . . . Edwardsville, Ill. 48. James A. Watson . . . . . Elizabethtown, Ill. 48. Chas. L. Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . Gray ville, Ill. 48. William E. Finley. . . . . . . . Bridgeport, Ill. 49. Fred Keck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belleville, Ill. 49. Chas. A. Kal'ch . . . . . . . . . . . . Belleville, Ill. 49. L. S. McWilliams. . . . . . . E. St Louis, Ill. 50. R. D. Kirkpatrick. . . . . . . . . . . Benton, Ill. 50. Charles Curran . . . . . . . . . . Mound City, Ill. 50. George W. Crawford. . . . . . . . . . . Anna, Ill. 51. George B. Baker. . . . . . . . . . . Golconda, Ill. 51. IClwood Barker. . . . . . . . . McLeansboro, Ill. I’. D. No. 3. 51. W. C. Kane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harrisburg, Ill. 3 2 A Fourth of July Celebration at Craig Colony, N. Y. - l- Courtesy of Dr. William T Shanahan, Superintendent of Craig Colony. Instead of loneliness, neglect, disappointment, drugging and despondency, epileptics are here given a community life of their own. Colony Care for Epileptics. The Approved Method Affords Employment, Association, Recre- ation—Enables Patients to Help Themselves and One Another. The failure of Illinois to make provision for her epileptic citizens is peculiarly regrettable because of the fact that these people yield so satisfactorily to colony care. All authorities agree that there is something in their af- fliction which makes epileptics unusually sympathetic and help- ful to one another. Common suffering gives them a language of experience which each can comprehend. They assist One another during seizures; there is no taunt or jeer, but a quick and ready understanding and exchange of courtesy and help. Nine states have recognized their responsibility to this class of sufferers and have created colonies for their care. A chart showing date of establishment, the number of acres, Scheme Of management, and cost of these colonies, is given On pages 24 and 25 of this pamphlet. VICISSITUDES OF THE UNCARED FOR EPILEPTIC. Unable to Attend School or Church. The very nature of epilepsy deprives its victim of school and church associations. It is shocking to others to be the in- voluntary witness of an epileptic seizure, and the unfortunate Sufferer cannot help but realize the aversion which his condition produces. He is nearly always sensitive, and is loath to appear in public assemblages. His moral sense becomes blunted be- cause of his inability to enjoy social intercourse, and he gives free vent to the irritability and the melancholia which are the natural accompaniments of his disease. Unable to Get Work. The average epileptic because of his peculiar condition can- not well adjust himself to the life of an ordinary community. The convulsive seizure, the milder attacks with their disturb- ances of consciousness, and the more or less prolonged period of mental change, as a rule prevent an epileptic, even though of good or fairly normal mentality, from being able to hold a posi- 34 tion and securing employment. The danger of sudden seizures, with the likelihood of falling and of injury, and the spectacle of an epileptic in a fit, makes employers shun him. Furthermore, he is often incapacitated for work during a period of time following a seizure. He cannot be depended upon to complete any undertaking. From the industrial stand- point he is incapable of giving satisfaction in a position of re- sponsibility. Thus he finds difficulty in supporting himself, and is apt to become a charge on the public. Unable to Get Proper Care at Home. The family of an epileptic is seldom able to give him proper care. Lack of means, lack of understanding, or the foolish indulgence which cannot bear to deprive the afflicted member of any desire, however unreasonable, operate in a great majority of cases to render care at home unsatisfactory to both patient and family. Many cases are on record where family resources have been exhausted by patent cures which did more harm than good. Anxiety for the future of such a child often shortens the life of parents, and when father and mother are gone he is thrown upon the community. Dangerous to Himself. The epileptic is a constant source of danger to himself and to others. He is liable at any time to fall in convulsions, in- juring himself by striking hot surfaces, or on sharp corners. The scars and bruises which cover the bodies of so many victims of this disease bear mute witness to the hardships and dangers in the path of the epileptic. Deaths from burning, drowning or Other accidents are not infrequent. Dangerous to Others. The seizures lead to nervous irritability and great excite- ment, often to violence. Criminal instincts develop. Physical- ly, an epileptic is strong, and his sexual instincts are often ab– normally developed. He frequently becomes a menace to women and children. Some of the Stories in this pamphlet give an indication of the perils and indignities suffered by girl victims of this dis- ease. Their seizures render them incapable of caring for them- Selves at times and the nervous and mental condition often breaks down their normal restraints. 35 * , , , as ºr ºs- N\ . \ r - º s * = C ! NOT A FOLICE STATION BUT AN EP I LEPTIC COLONY N E E DE D. 36 SOME CAN BE CURED; OTHERS RADICALLY HELPED. If our legislators realized that an improvement could be made in the condition of people afflicted with epilepsy, they might be readier to appropriate money for the amelioration of the disease. Physicians agree that there is an “improvable class.” “Of this class,” says Dr. Frank Billings, in an article read before the Illinois State Medical Society in 1909, “Io per cent or more can be cured by proper care.” But even the great majority who are not classed as improvable can be greatly bene- fited, mentally and physically, by living under properly regu- lated conditions in an atmosphere of sympathy and understand- ing. “It has been found that in a colony, regular occupation, se- lected diet and the hygienic life result in a material improvement taking place in a large majority of the patients living in the colony. Mental deterioration is often stayed or seems to advance more slowly, the seizures diminish in frequency in a considerable number of patients and in two or three per cent stop entirely after a more or less prolonged residence in the colony,” says Dr. William T. Shanahan, superintendent of the Craig Colony at Sonyea, New York. OLD METHOD OF TREATMENT: OPIATES, INSTITU- TION CARE. - Sedatives and Opiates were formerly used extensively in the treatment of epilepsy. They resulted in dulling the mental faculties of the people to whom they were given, leaving the unfortunates Out of pocket, and in worse physical condition. Medical treatment of epilepsy is at the best uncertain and un- promising, according to Dr. Frederick Peterson. A large pub- lic hospital is very far from meeting the requirements of an epileptic patient. Asylums should receive very few, and alms- houses none at all. What is demanded is an institution on the community or village plan where medical treatment may be given to every member, and where every sort of education, em- ployment and Social privilege commensurate to his needs and conditions may be extended to any beneficiary. 37 THE NEW METHOD–THE COLONY PLAN. This is apparently the most approved plan for the better- ment of the condition of epileptics. Victims of the disease are placed in colonies on a large tract of land, usually about one acre of land to each epileptic. This gives opportunity for farm- ing, gardening, out of door Occupations which can be carried on in the intervals when patients are able to do physical work. Dr. Everett Flood of Massachusetts says of the colony plan : “Where a few years ago the epileptic was stupified with sedatives and made to live a living death, under colony regime sedatives are used as little as possible, and an effort is made to find the best treatment in each case. Strangely enough the Same agents which are beneficial in combatting tuberculosis are of the greatest benefit in these cases. Work in the fresh air and good, wholesome and carefully chosen foods are more essential than medicine. Colonies with large farms provide these to ad- vantage, and are thoroughly proved to be the most satisfactory method of treatment in caring for this disease.” ADVANTAGES OF COLONY FOR CHILDREN. The early age at which epilepsy often manifests itself makes it especially desirable that children have a place where they may receive the kind restraint which they need, combined with the freedom of an out-door life. Instead of being barred from school, they are given an education by teachers who understand the peculiar disadvantages under which they study. They are taught a trade which renders them in a measure self-supporting and at all times affords them the joy of work. COLONY SCHEME NOT AN EXPERIMENT. The first colony for epileptics was the Bethel Colony, es- tablished in 1867 at Bielefeld, Germany. This began with a small farm and one house, with provision for four epileptics. The work in Germany has continued until they now have fifty institutions with special provisions for epileptics. Switzerland has three, Holland two, England nine, Australia one. In this country Massachusetts, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Kansas, Connecticut, Texas, Indiana and Virginia have colonies for epileptics, and Michigan and Minnesota have provided some form of institutional care. 38 In the Harvest Field. New Jersey State village for Epileptics courtesy of David F weeks. Medical superintendent. NATURE OF THE WORK OF A COLONY. Dr. Frederick Peterson, describing a visit to the Bethel Colony in 1886, says: “The employments are numerous and varied. The school provides instruction for some hundred pupils of both sexes where all branches are taught. The dairy farm and garden occupy the attention of the greatest number of patients, especially as a large trade in vegetables and flower seeds is carried on by the colony. Among the shops of epileptic workmen were those of cabinet makers, painters, varnishers, printers, book binders, blacksmiths, foundrymen, tailors and shoemakers, and among the stores were groceries, pharmacy, book store and seed store. The carpenters aided in building and furnishing the houses; the plans and drawings of new buildings were made in the archi- tect’s room. For men alone there were over thirty different callings.” It is readily seen that in an epileptic colony special provision can be made for utilizing the work which can be done in the in- tervals between seizures. In this way the fullest returns can be secured from the labor of the patients. In the Craig Colony at Sonyea, New York, the average earning of an epileptic is $35 a year. The improvable patient is normal about 95 per cent of the time, but his strength is not sufficient to enable him to ac- complish as much as the normal man. The mental influence upon him, however, of being able to contribute even a little to his own support is extremely beneficial. This was true when Dr. Peterson wrote his impressions in 1886. With each test of the colony plan since then the prin- ciples underlying its operation have given added proof of their soundness and efficiency. This point cannot be emphasized too often. The nine existing colonies in our country have proven themselves so humane and effective that their respective com- munities are distinctly proud in their possession. Citizens of these states are conscious of a certain superiority for the pro- gressiveness and humanity which led to the establishment and maintenance of these splendid institutions. They are visited by 1many people, and there is a distinct added reputation to each state which extends its protecting care in this way to the afflicted people within its borders. 40 THE SELECTION OF LOCATION IMPORTANT. For these state colonies great care must be used in the Se- lection of a site. A description of the Sonyea Colony in New York gives excellent ideas as to the qualifications to be secured. “The land is beautifully situated in the Genesee Valley near the town of Mt. Morris, in one of the finest regions of the State. It is ideally located to serve the wants of a model colony for epileptics. It is traversed by two streams, one of which, the Cashauqua Creek, flows through the middle of the land and has a deep gorge with a fall of one hundred feet. The gorge and creek are of immense advantage for the complete separation of the sexes in building colony life. The supply of water is abundant, and the conditions of sewerage are adequate in every respect. The Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway runs through the land, and two big trunk lines, the Erie Rail- way and the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad, are within a mile of the proposed colony. The soil is exceedingly fertile and well adapted for all manner of agriculture and horticulture and the production of berries and fruits for canning industries, and the raising of garden products and seeds of all kinds. There is some stone and brick and clay which will prove useful in the development of a certain class of outdoor employment.” Needs in Illinois. In planning a colony for Illinois it is estimated that pro- vision should be made for 2,OOO or 2,500. An acre per patient seems to have proven to be about the right amount of land. This would mean that our state should aim to secure something like 2,OOO acres. Cheap land, rolling, partly wooded if possible, unimproved, answers the purpose admirably. The labor of pa- tients can be utilized in clearing and improving the land, as was done SO Successfully in the state of Massachusetts. A region that was practically valueless has been transformed into an ideal spot for the purpose, largely through the efforts of the patients themselves. This gives the advantage of cheap land in the be- ginning, and affords interesting and useful activity for the patients out in the open. 4 1 Attention should be given to the water supply, and it is said that a clay yielding soil is of advantage in affording build- ing material, in the preparation of which the labor of patients can also be used. The raising of flowers and garden stuffs is likewise an Occupation especially adaptable to this class of people. When it is remembered that living and working out of doors has done more for the cure and improvement of epileptics than anything else discovered by medical science, the importance of giving our epileptics in Illinois a great deal of land, and a chance for life out in the open, is apparent. This is a vital thing, and not that expensive or imposing buildings should be built. PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO SECURE A COLONY FOR ILLINOIS. The great need for a colony for epileptics in this state has been keenly felt by the victims themselves—by their friends, by physicians and laymen alike. This has resulted in many activi- ties and a great deal of work. On April 19, 1899, Governor Tanner approved the bill of the Forty-first General Assembly, authorizing the establishment of the Illinois State Colony for Epileptics. No appropriation has ever been made to carry it into effect. The house of the Forty-third General Assembly passed a bill appropriating $100,000 for an institution, but the Senate failed to concur. It was expected that the Forty-fifth General Assembly, 1907, would appropriate $265,000 for the colony, but neither this assembly nor the Forty-sixth, 1909, which was asked for $I IO,OOO, made an appropriation. This is a brief story of the attitude of our Legislature. In the controversy about details, and because the legislators of these intervening years have found other things more interesting and more important, the needs of this army of ten thousand un- fortunate people have been neglected. Will the citizens of Illi- nois longer acquiesce in this injustice and neglect? 42 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE ILLINOIS STATE CONFERENCE OF CHARITIES AND COR- RECTIONS ON THE CARE OF EPILEP- TICS, OCTOBER, 1912. We, at least, are all aware of the existence, without finan- cial support, of a “State Colony for Epileptics” in this state. We also are extremely desirous that this stigma shall not rest longer upon Our State, and to this end we wish to suggest as follows: First—The drafting of an entirely new bill to supplant the bill passed by the Legislature on April 19, 1899, and drafted to meet present conditions. Second–We advise the purchase by the state of sufficient land to admit of the final acceptance of 2,OOO unfortunates, for we believe the beneficent result of such care, training and in- Struction as contemplated will, within a few years, be extended Over at least this number. Third—We are of the opinion that members of this class can largely be employed with great benefit to themselves and economy to the State in construction of building and develop- ment of land, and that the final per capita cost will be less than that represented by the care of any other class of public wards. Fourth—We believe such a colony should be industrial rather than custodial, educators in horticulture and agricultural Schoolwork, manual training, domestic science and work—in fact, an intelligent outlet for the energies of a class, many of whom are practically normal from 5 to 95 per cent of their time, yet all of whom are “persona non grata” in every branch of nor- mal life and endeavor. Fifth–We believe the purely custodial epileptics can be cared for with the existing machinery of various selected state hospitals, with both economy and benefit, especially at the Lin- coln State School with its 900 acres. Sixth—We are quite in sympathy with the Massachusetts plan adopted twelve years ago at Templeton Colony, Massa- chusetts, where 3,OOO acres of raw land were purchased for a Surprisingly small sum, about $6.00 per acre, and which has be- come immensely valuable under the constructive policy of Dr. : :: g * • * * e 43 Fernald, who has utilized the waste energies of several hun- dred boys for years, making a desert blossom as the rose. The similarity of our state's requirements is such that we advise a similar action which will afford congenial, constructive and prac- tical work for all classes of epileptics, if intelligently planned and intelligently manned. Seventh—We cannot leave the subject without heartily en- dorsing intelligent preventive measures such as appeared in the Beall bill of the last session of the Legislature, requiring satis- factory evidence of fitness for marriage and preventing by law the marriage of epileptics. We do not believe a confirmed epilep- tic mother ever bore a normal child, nor do we believe a feeble- minded mother ever bore a normal child—though exception is taken to this statement by one of our members and this excep- tion may hinge on definition and private experience rather than On the fact of established epilepsy as regards institutional ex- perience. We earnestly request every member of this conference to make a personal matter of the above requirements with their Senators and Representatives, and that a copy of this report be Sent to every Senator and Representative, every woman's club, medical Society and anybody, social or otherwise, interested in Social uplift in this state. DR. W. H. C. SMITH, DR. H. G. HARDT, DR. Hug H. T. PATRICK, DR. FRANK BILLINGs, DR. E. W. FIEGENBAUM, DR. CARL BLACK. 44 BIBLIOGRAPHY. (The literature on the social aspect of epilepsy is scattered through a number of periodicals. The transactions of the Na- tional Association for the Study of Epilepsy and the care and treatment of Epileptics contain a great many articles of inter- est and importance on the subject, chiefly on the medical aspects of the disease; however, a partial list is given below of articles and books, dealing with the social aspects of the disease.) BILLINGS, DR. FRANK–The Modern Treatment of the Men- tally Sick. Twenty-first Fractional Biennial Report of the Illinois Board of Charities, IQII. CoOPER, DR. A. V.-Heredity in Epilepsy, Transactions of the National Association, Vol. LV, 1906, p. 146. DAVENPORT, DR. CHARLES B. and DR. D. F. WEEKS-A First Study of Inheritance of Epilepsy, Journal of Mental and Nervous Diseases. Vol. 38, No. I I, Nov. 191 I, p. 64I. DREWRY, DR. W.M. F.—State Provision for Epileptics. The Charities Review, Jan. I896, p. I I7. DUGDALE, RICHARD-The History of the Jukes. FLOOD, DR. EveRETT–What Has Been Gained for the Epilep- tic? Transactions of the National Association, Vol. 4, 1906, p. I2O ; Association, Vol. VIII, 1911, p. 73. GRAVES, WM. C.—The Care of Epileptics in Special Institu- tions in the United States. Transactions of the National Association, Vol. VIII, 1912, p. I I ; also reprinted in “Epilepsia,” Vol. III, published by J. A. Barth, Leipzig. GUILD, DR. F. W.-The Significance of the Onset of Convul- sions to the Epileptic. Transactions of the National As- sociation, Vol. VIII, 1911, p. I 18. FITzSIMMONs, DR. THOMAS C.—The Future of the Ameri- can Epileptic. Transactions of the National Association, Vol. VI, 1908, p. 75. HEALY, DR. W.M.–FDilepsy and Crime: the Cost. A report from the Juvenile Psychopathic Institute, Chicago, Illi- nois Medical Journal, November, IQI 2, p. 7. Mental Defects and Delinquents. Proceedings of the Thirty-eighth National Conference of Charities and Cor- rections, Boston, IQII, p. 59. 45 Hodgkins, DR. MoRGAN B. — A Consideration of Heredity as a Factor in the Causation of Epilepsy. Transactions of the National Association, Vol. V, 1907, p. 56. Johnston E, EDw. R.—Public Provision for the Feeble-Minded. The Survey, Vol. 27, p. 1864. March 2, 1912. LETCH worTH, WM. PRYoR—Care and Treatment of Epileptics. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900. MEMORIAL to the Illinois Forty-sixth General Assembly by the National Association for the Study of Epilepsy and the Care and Treatment of Epileptics. Twenty-first Frac- tional Report of the Illinois Board of Charities, 191 I, p. 270, and Twentieth Biennial Report of the Illinois State Board of Charities, 1908, p. 153. Care and Treatment of Epileptics. Twentieth Biennial Report of the Illinois State Board of Charities, Ch. IX, p. 63. MUNSON, DR. J. F.—Public Care of Epileptics. Proceedings of the Thirty-seventh National Conference of Charities and Corrections, St. Louis, IQIO, p. 293. PATRICK, DR. HUGH T.—The Proper Treatment and Care of the Epileptic. Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Illinois State Conference of Charities, Quarterly Bulletin of the Illinois Board of Charities, April, 1907, p. 50. - POLLOCK, DR. H. M.–Colonies for the Care and Treatment of Epileptics in Connection with State Hospitals for the Insane. Transactions of the National Association, Vol. IV, 1906, p. 162. - PUBLIC Care and Treatment for the Epileptic. Pamphlet is- sued by the National Association, IQ09. REPORTs of the State Epileptic Colonies in Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Kansas, Texas, Indiana, Virginia and Connecticut. RINAKER, Hon. LEWIS, Judge of Cook County—Epilepsy as Seen from the Bench. Transactions of the National As- sociation, Vol. VI, I908, p. I24. SPRATLING, DR. W.M. P.-Epilepsy and Its Treatment. 46 THE SURVEY for March 2, 1912, containing a symposium on the Care of Defectives by leading authorities in the field. THIRD Report of the New Jersey Committee on Provision for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic. Mrs. C. B. Alexander, Vineland, N. J., Chairman; February, 1912. WEEKs, DR. H. M.–The Utilization of Epileptic Labor. Trans- actions of the National Association, Vol. V, 1907, p. 62. WEEKs, DR. DAVID F.—What New Jersey is Doing for the Epileptic. Archives of Pediatrics, Vol. XXLX, No. 4. April, 1912. (See also Davenport.) WooDs, DR, MATTHEw—In Spite of Epilepsy. Transactions of the National Association. Vol. VI, 1908, p. 45. The Industrial Status of Epileptics. Transactions of the National Association, Vol. VIII, 1911, p. 64. - - * -º-º- - º __ -- - - - - - º Epileptics at Work on the Roads. New Jersey state Village for Epile-ties. Courtesy of David F. weeks. Medical superintendent. 47 A Program for the Campaign. What You Can Do, and How. I. There are fifty-one senatorial districts in this state. Each has a senator and three representatives. 2. For boundaries of your Senatorial district see page 30 of this pamphlet. 3. For names and addresses of your Senator and repre- Sentatives see pages 3 I and 32. 4. For estimated number of epileptics in your Senatorial district see page 28. 5. Doctors, social workers, ministers, superintendents, in- terested citizens—acquaint yourselves with the circumstances of every epileptic in your senatorial district who needs public care. 6. Visit, telephone or write your senator and representa- tives. They will be glad to co-operate if you give them the facts. 7. Give the names and addresses of your senator and rep- resentatives to friends or relatives of epileptics who are not receiving proper care. Ask them to write or call on their rep- resentatives. 8. Get ministers to preach, women's clubs and clubs and societies generally to discuss the need for an epileptic colony in Illinois. 9. Give items about the subject to your local papers. IO. Consult your library for books and pamphlets referred to in the Bibliography on pages 45 to 47, and for other material. II. Get in touch with your County Medical Society. 12. Write to Mr. A. L. Bowen, Secretary of the State Charities Commission, and to the State Board of Administra- tion, Springfield, Ill., for information, suggestion, and speakers. For additional copies of this pamphlet, free on application, for copies of the Bill now in preparation, for other material on this subject, address Sherman C. Kingsley, Secretary of this Committee, 315 Plymouth Court, Chicago, Ill. 48 THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTY. JANE ADDAMS MRS. ARTHUR T. ALDIS DR. FRANK BILLINGs FRANCIS G. BLAIR W. L. BODINE MRS. CLARA P. BourLAND A. L. Bowen MRs. Joseph T. Bowen REv. Joseph H. CHANDLER GEO. E. Cole MRs. GEORGE R. DEAN MRS. FREDERICK A. Dow W. F. DUMMER MARQUIs EATON Rt. Rev. SAMUEL FALLows HENRY B. FAvLLL, M. D. WILLIAM C. GRAVES PROF. E. C. HAYES WM. J. HEALY, M. D. ALICE HENRY EMIL G. HIRSCH SHERMAN. C. KINGSLEY HARRY A. LIPSKY MINNIE F. Low M. D. LYNCH F. EMORY LYON J. T. McANALLY, M. D. D. P. MACMILLAN, M. D. CYRUs H. McCorm ICK MARY GILRUTH McEwen, M.D. JOSEPH MEYERS ANNA NICHOLES DR. FRANK NorBURY REV. PETER J. O’CALLAGHAN HON. HARRY OLSON GEORGE T. PALMER, M. D. HUGH T. PATRICK, M. D. GEO. W. PERKINS HON. MERRITT W. PINCKNEY John M. RAPP JULIUS RoseNw ALD HoN. L. Y. SHERMAN W. H. C. SMITH, M. D. RT. REv. John L. SPALDING DOUGLAS SUTHERLAND GRAHAM TAYLOR CHARLES H. WACKER EDMUND WEIS, M. D. HARRY A. WHEELER EDWIN, R. WRIGHT MRS. ELLA FLAGG YouNG * For copies of Pamphlet and additional information address SHERMAN C. 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