"Unlike its contemporaries in Massachusetts, Westborough Insane Hospital was to be run
according to homeopathic principles, which emphasized rest (sometimes
enforced), massage, hydrotherapy, and special diet while avoiding use
of available hypnotics and sedatives like Morphine, Opium, Bromide,
and Chloral. This did not mean that drug therapy was totally ignored,
since milder antispasmodics like Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, Stramonium,
and Veratrin were occasionally administered for mania and
restlessness. Bed rest and massage were thought to be particularly
useful for patients admitted with melancholia or in a debilitated
condition. Hydrotherapy, consisting of graduated spray baths, graduated tub baths, cold sponging, and wetpacks, was felt to be of
use for all acute cases."
Main/Admin is a
centralized building that originally contained the varied functions of patient wards, kitchen and dining areas, and administration offices and living space. Unlike many other state hospitals of the time, it was not built using the Kirkbride plan since it had to incorporate the existing 1848 Lyman School For Boys, which was moved to it's present location in 1876, after being declared unfit for reform school purposes due to it's size. The Lyman building was remodeled in 1884, turning the building into the Westboro Insane Hospital.
The kitchen, I couldn't find much info on, but it's got two floors of dining rooms, which was a first for me.
according to homeopathic principles, which emphasized rest (sometimes
enforced), massage, hydrotherapy, and special diet while avoiding use
of available hypnotics and sedatives like Morphine, Opium, Bromide,
and Chloral. This did not mean that drug therapy was totally ignored,
since milder antispasmodics like Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, Stramonium,
and Veratrin were occasionally administered for mania and
restlessness. Bed rest and massage were thought to be particularly
useful for patients admitted with melancholia or in a debilitated
condition. Hydrotherapy, consisting of graduated spray baths, graduated tub baths, cold sponging, and wetpacks, was felt to be of
use for all acute cases."
Main/Admin is a
centralized building that originally contained the varied functions of patient wards, kitchen and dining areas, and administration offices and living space. Unlike many other state hospitals of the time, it was not built using the Kirkbride plan since it had to incorporate the existing 1848 Lyman School For Boys, which was moved to it's present location in 1876, after being declared unfit for reform school purposes due to it's size. The Lyman building was remodeled in 1884, turning the building into the Westboro Insane Hospital.
The kitchen, I couldn't find much info on, but it's got two floors of dining rooms, which was a first for me.
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