Evolution of a Missouri asylum : Fulton State Hospital, 1851-2006 /

"Traces the history of Missouri's first state mental institution, the Fulton State Hospital, founded in 1851. This institutional history examines a century and a half of changing attitudes toward mental illness, evolving treatments as medical and psychiatric science sought cures and the co...

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Main Author: Lael, Richard L., 1946-
Other Authors: Brazos, Barbara, 1947-, McMillen, Margot Ford
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2007.
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