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The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry : a history of misery and medicine
[Publisher-supplied data] The Quaker City and its hospitals were pioneers in the field of mental health. Yet by the end of the nineteenth century, its institutions were crowded and patients lived in shocking conditions. The mentally ill were quartered with the dangerously criminal. By 1906, the city...
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Charleston, SC :
The History Press,
[2013]
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry : |b a history of misery and medicine |c J.P. Webster |
| 264 | 1 | |a Charleston, SC : |b The History Press, |c [2013] | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | 3 | |a [Publisher-supplied data] The Quaker City and its hospitals were pioneers in the field of mental health. Yet by the end of the nineteenth century, its institutions were crowded and patients lived in shocking conditions. The mentally ill were quartered with the dangerously criminal. By 1906, the city had purchased a vast acreage of farmland incorporated into the city, and the Philadelphia Hospital dubbed its new venture Byberry City Farms. From the start, its history was riddled with corruption and committees, investigations and inquests, appropriations and abuse. Yet it is also a story of reform and redemption, of heroes and human dignity--many dedicated staff members did their best to help patients whose mental illnesses were little understood and were stigmatized by society. Join author J.P. Webster as he explores the fascinating and complex history of the Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry. | |
| 590 | |a HSP credit line -- Photographs: Philadelphia Hospital, The Almshouse general view (DAMS 10491), HSP Penrose Pictorial Collection (V60; call # V60S:8-2/.19), page 21; Overcrowded dormitory (DAMS 9240), Philadelphia Record Photo Morgue Collection (V07; call # V7:2787/.52, and V7:2787/.28), pages 32 and 91; Old dining room (DAMS 9240), Philadelphia Record Photo Morgue Collection (V07; call # V7:2787/.51A), page 69; Male patients with no clothes (DAMS 9239), Philadelphia Record Photo Morgue Collection (V07; call # 2786/.27), page 76; Mayors inspection tour (DAMS 9239), Philadelphia Record Photo Morgue Collection (V07; call # 2786/.11), page 78; State takes over Byberry (DAMS 9239), Philadelphia Record Photo Morgue Collection (V07; call # 2786/.40, and call # 2786/.41), pages 84 and 89; Groundbreaking ceremonies 1941 (DAMS 9240), Philadelphia Record Photo Morgue Collection (V07; call # 2787/.44), page 86; Dr. Lopez tries out swing remedy on 400 mental patients at Byberry (DAMS 9240), Philadelphia Record Photo Morgue Collection (V07; cal l# 2787/.36), page 92; Filthy shower facilities (DAMS 9239), Philadelphia Record Photo Morgue Collection (V07; call # 2786/.7), page 93; New Building (DAMS 9239), Philadelphia Record Photo Morgue Collection (V07; cal l# 2786/.56), page 100; Drawing of New Workers building (DAMS 9239), Philadelphia Record Photo Morgue Collection (V07; call # 2786/.47), page 95; Attempted escape from Byberry (DAMS 10490), Philadelphia Record Photo Morgue Collection (V07; call # 2789), page 105. | ||
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