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The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry: A History of Misery and Medicine (Landmarks) (PA)
The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry A History of Misery and Medicine - Landmarks - PA
Author: J.P. Webster
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781626190825
ISBN-10: 1626190828
Publication Date: 5/10/2013
Pages: 176
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Publisher: The History Press
Book Type: Paperback
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