Periodical Index Detail
Trend & Tradition
Title | Deprived of their Reason |
Issue | Volume 02, Number 02 (T&T, Spring 2017) |
Description | In 1770 the Royal Governor and House of Burgesses established the Public Hospital, the first public institution for the mentally ill. Treatment was harsh and unpleasant but surprisingly occasionally successful. The original building was destroyed by fire in 1885. |
Author | Aron, Paul |
Pages | 42-43 |