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Utočište Adams-Nervine (Adams-Nervine Asylum) je osnovano 1877. i otvoreno 1880. u Jamaica Plain-u u Masačusetsu. Imanje ima i atraktivnu i pitoresknu okolinu. Smješteno je u ulici Centre u komšiluku parka Bussy i botaničkog vrta Arnold (Arnold Arboretum). Bilo je vlasništvo J. Gardiner-a Weld-a i kupio ga je Seth Adams, sretnim dobitkom koji je dobio u svojoj šećerani u južnom Bostonu. Sa bratom Isaac-om, Seth je prije manufakturno izrađivao prese za štampu i dijelove za mašine. Posle smrti je ostavio 600 000 dolara za osnivanje zdravstvene ustanove za dobrobit siromašnih, oslabilih i razdražljivih ljudi, stanovnika drzave, koji nisu poremećeni. Staratelji nad ostavštinom su 1879. kupili imanje za utočište.

Teorijske vježbe

Institucija je objedinjavala teorije Thomas-a Kirkbride-a. Kirkbride je bio savremeni filadelfijski psihijatar koji je razvio sistem etičkog tretmana pacijenata sa poremećajima razdražljivosti. U praksi se zauzimao za kućnu atmosferu, neizolaciju i dignitet pacijenata. Utočište je naglašavalo važnost pacijentove ličnosti i slobode kretanja.

Pacijenti

Prvi pacijent utočišta je primljen 11. aprila 1880. Statistika utočišta pokazuje da su velika većina primljenih pacijenata bile neudate žene. Po doktoru, nervoza u ovim ženama je direktno povezana sa tim što žele raditi bolje i produktivnije i njihovim čekanjem drugih. Kućni rad i nastava daju skoro 50% žrtava poremećaja razdražljivosti. Skoro 20% pacijenati su domaćice. Pored domaćica, uzroci zbog kojih su pacijenti dolazili su bili ,

contributed to nearly 50 percent of the victims of nervous disorders. Nearly 20 percent of the patients came under the head of “housewives”. Among housewives, overwork, care, anxiety, and sleeplessness, incident to domestic afflictions, were the assigned causes.

The number of recoveries at the asylum was not large. One of the asylum’s doctors, Dr. Webber, stated in an annual report, “Many patients have been ailing for years, or have inherited a weak, nervous organization, and those among such patients whose means have been limited have been obliged to uses their strength and energy in keeping the home circle unbroken. The strain of this upon a naturally weak, nervous system is severe, and in such cases, a partial recovery is the most that can be expected from a ‘few months’ stay at the asylum. The relief obtained is, however, of great benefit, enabling the patient to take up her burdens again with fresh courage and renewed strength. They do not realize the amount of strength they have gained until after returning to their accustomed labors, and many continue to improve, and subsequently regain full health.”

The average stay of patients at the Asylum was a little over four months, and few stayed longer than six. Occasionally a patient remained for a year, but this was not considered desirable.[1]

[edit] Architectural History

The complex is made up of three large buildings and four smaller ones. The oldest structure, the J. Gardiner Weld House, was built c. 1875, in the French Mansard style. The unknown architect delivered a facile version of the French Mansard style villa and the interior ornament was also elaborate, academic, and architectonically placed to articulate openings, corners, and other shifts of plane. Interior revisions were made in 1879 when the house became the administrative offices.

The Adams House, built in 1880, served the female patients; it was not until 1895 that a House for Men was completed. Men never numbered more than 25% of the total patient population of about forty.

The Director’s House displayed the neo-classical symmetry and proportions of the Colonial Revival style and contrasts with the picturesque forms of the Weld Mansion and Adams House.[1]

The asylum was added to the List of Registered Historic Places in Suffolk County, Massachusetts in 1982. The buildings in the complex have become condominiums and apartments.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Jamaica Plain Historical Society - 'Victorian Era' Editor - - Adams-Nervine Asylum - Boston Globe Article

Coordinates: [show location on an interactive map] [show location on an interactive map] 42°18′22″N 71°07′25″W / 42.30603, -71.12351 Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams-Nervine_Asylum" Categories: Psychiatric hospitals in the United States | Buildings and structures in Boston, Massachusetts | Hospitals established in 1880 Hidden category: Articles lacking reliable references from April 2008 Views

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