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The Art of Asylum - Keeping: Thomas Story Kirkbride and the Origins of American Psychiatry (Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving) by Nancy Tomes

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a social history of medical practice in a private 19th century asylum.

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First published May 18, 1994

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Full of great info, but the presentation of that info gets a little dull in the last chapter.
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