Below are listed acceptable reasons for being admitted
to the Trans Allegheny lunatic asylum 1864-89.
Some of the reasons are more humane than we moderns
would have expected, inspite of their absurdity
at first reading. List taken from here.
Thursday 12 June 2014
Our Unscientific (But Perhaps Enlightened) Past
was maybe kinder than we would like to remember.
Below are listed acceptable reasons for being admitted
to the Trans Allegheny lunatic asylum 1864-89.
Some of the reasons are more humane than we moderns
would have expected, inspite of their absurdity
at first reading. List taken from here.
Below are listed acceptable reasons for being admitted
to the Trans Allegheny lunatic asylum 1864-89.
Some of the reasons are more humane than we moderns
would have expected, inspite of their absurdity
at first reading. List taken from here.
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