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The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry: A History of Misery and Medicine (Landmarks)

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The Quaker City and its hospitals were pioneers within 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 sick were quartered with the dangerously criminal. By 1906, the city had purchased a vast acreage of farmland incorporated into the city, and the Philadelphia Hospital dubbed its new venture Byberry City Farms. From the beginning, its history used to be riddled with corruption and committees, investigations and inquests, appropriations and abuse. Yet it is usually a story of reform and redemption, of heroes and human dignity–many dedicated personnel members did their best possible to assist patients whose mental illnesses were little understood and were stigmatized by society. Sign up for writer J.P. Webster as he explores the fascinating and complex history of the Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry.

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