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- Collection: The History of Mental Institutions in the Eastern United States
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Asylum Doctor: James Woods Babcock and the Red Plague of Pellagra
Conditions and History of the South Carolina State Hospital in the late 19th century
Asylum Doctor: James Woods Babcock and the Red Plague of Pellagra
Conditions and History of the South Carolina State Hospital in the late 19th century
Danvers State Hospital
First opened on May 1st of 1878, Danvers State Hospital, once referred to as Danvers State Insane Asylum, was home to thousands of mental patients over its 114 year old life span. The hospital sat upon Hawthorne Hill, located in Danvers,…
First-hand story of a successful Electroshock Therapy Treatment for a Mentally Ill Patient.
A story written about a woman who was cured of a mental illness by the use of electroshock therapy (page 1)
Mount Vernon Arsenal Building
Photograph of one of the hospital buildings
O'Connor v. Donaldson: One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest
Case description of O'Connor v. Donaldson
Old Barracks Building at Searcy Hospital
Photograph of a Searcy Hospital Building
