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Account of the rise and progress of the asylum, proposed to be established, near Philadelphia: for the relief of persons deprived of the use of their reason : with an abridged account of the Retreat, a similar institution near York, in England

Collection:
Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920
Contributor(s):
Merritt, Samuel, 1785 or 1786-1819., printer
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, illustrator
Strickland, William, 1787-1854, engraver
Contributors to the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of their Reason.
Kimber & Conrad, publisher.
Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by Kimber and Conrad ..., 1814
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Hospitals, Religious
Fund Raising
Hospital Design and Construction
Institutionalization -- methods
Protestantism
England
Philadelphia
Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason.
York Retreat.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain (More information)
Extent:
76 p., [1] leaf of plates
Illustrations:
Illustrations and Plates
NLM Unique ID:
2546073R (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/2546073R