Description: Harrisburg State Hospital, Pennsylvania, Images of America, Paperback In rare historical photos, discover the story of the hospital, her caretakers, and those cared for at Harrisburg State Hospital for over 150 years.Harrisburg State Hospital opened in 1851 as the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital, the first public institution in the state. Situated atop a hill overlooking the Susquehanna River, the original building was an early example of a Kirkbride design hospital. The facility closed in 2006 after serving the commonwealth for 155 years. Harrisburg State Hospital: Pennsylvania's First Public Asylum presents a pictorial history of the hospital from the first year of only 12 patients through the peak of state care, when the population reached over 2,500 in the 1950s. Harrisburg State Hospital was an innovative leader in the treatment of the mentally ill, pioneering new methods of therapy even before they were common practice. It was a community and a home for those whom society could not otherwise care for.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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MPN: 9780738598277
Book Title: Harrisburg State Hospital : Pennsylvania's First Public Asylum
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
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Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Subjects & Themes / Historical, Psychiatry / General, History, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Photography, Travel, Medical, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
