Abstract
A condensed survey of the last century's developments in the processes of administration and therapy has been presented. Those developments, though superficially leading to an increasing separation or even antagonism between the two functions, have been shown to share the characteristics of ORGANIC behaviour, PERSONAL emphasis, and CREATIVITY. From this protrayal there emerges a number of theses and questions (including the significance of cyclic phenomena, the challenge of the objective-subjective distinction, the need for clearer understanding of the roles of therapist and administrator, and the problem of the ideal size and administrative structure of a mental hospital) which would appear to offer fruitful avenues of future investigation.