Abandoned Asylums Of Massachusetts
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Abandoned Asylums Of Massachusetts
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Author : Tammy Rebello
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2016-02-01
Abandoned Asylums Of Massachusetts written by Tammy Rebello and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-01 with Photography categories.
This collection of photographs, history, and firsthand accounts gives readers a glimpse at the roots of mental health. These vignettes are born of the personal stories of those who worked at these facilities, those who were institutionalized, and their families. The authors took the time to listen to their stories and endeavored to understand their pasts and recognize how these events continue to influence the mental health industry today. Pictured throughout are the physical relics of the places--the now largely abandoned asylums--where these stories unfurled.
Crumbling Castles
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Author : Tom Kirsch
language : en
Publisher: America Through Time
Release Date : 2019
Crumbling Castles written by Tom Kirsch and has been published by America Through Time this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
In the towns of Taunton and Northampton, Massachusetts' earliest public psychiatric hospitals were left abandoned and whispered about by those living in their shadows. Built using the "Kirkbride plan," these relics were designed specifically to cure mental illness based on early nineteenth-century cure theories, which included fresh air, regimentation and an aesthetic environment. Their elegant spires and arched passages were feats of engineering blended with medical science, as architects worked alongside doctors to design these elaborate institutions. The vast corridors of these hospitals were quickly overburdened with patients however, and in short time the asylums became not only a last resort for treatment, but even a place to be feared. As treatment of mental health progressed, these castle-like hospitals grew increasingly obsolete until they were finally shuttered by the state. Tom Kirsch takes us on a journey into these forbidden places where few have ventured with his photography, while providing the important context of why they were built and their fall from grace.
Abandoned Insane Asylums
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Author : Dinah Williams
language : en
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Abandoned Insane Asylums written by Dinah Williams and has been published by Bearport Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
What secrets are buried within the crumbling walls of old asylums for the insane? Readers will get a glimpse of what these nightmare facilities were like before the dawn of the modern era. From the wretched overcrowding of London’s Bethlem Royal Hospital (which inspired the English word bedlam), where citizens could pay a penny for the pleasure of poking “lunatics” through the hospital’s bars with sticks, to Christian Church Hospital in Kansas City where Dr. Robert Patterson beat and chained patients and performed ice-pick lobotomies—this scary book will rivet young readers while also giving them an understanding of how far mental health care has come. Eleven asylums are explored, with tales of not only what they were like but of the spirits said to still haunt them. Abandoned Insane Asylums is part of Bearport’s Scary Places series.
Danvers State Hospital
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Author : Katherine Anderson and Robert Duffy
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2018
Danvers State Hospital written by Katherine Anderson and Robert Duffy and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Architecture categories.
Danvers State Hospital revolutionized mental health care for more than a century, beginning in 1878. Today, it's buildings still have stories to tell. Perched high on the top of Hathorne Hill in what was once the village of Salem, Danvers State Insane Asylum was, for more than a century, a monument to modern psychiatry and the myriad advances in mental health treatment. From the time it opened its doors in 1878 until they were shuttered for good in 1992, the asylum represented decades of reform, the physical embodiment of the heroic visions of Dorothea Dix and Thomas Story Kirkbride. It would stand abandoned until 2005, when demolition began. Along with a dedicated group of private citizens, the Danvers Historical Society fought to preserve the Kirkbride structure, an effort that would result in the reuse of the administration building and two additional wings. Danvers has earned a unique place in history; the shell of the original Kirkbride building still stands overlooking the town. Though it has been changed drastically, the asylum's story continues as do efforts to memorialize it.
Annual Report
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Author : Massachusetts. State Board of Insanity
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1906
Annual Report written by Massachusetts. State Board of Insanity and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1906 with Asylums categories.
Crumbling Castles
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Author : Tom Kirsch
language : en
Publisher: America Through Time
Release Date : 2019-10-28
Crumbling Castles written by Tom Kirsch and has been published by America Through Time this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-28 with History categories.
The state of Massachusetts was home to many historic institutions; however, few compared to the size and elegance of the asylums built in Worcester and Danvers during the late-nineteenth century. Designed using the linear plan devised by Dr. Thomas Kirkbride, their curious forms were made to adhere to the principles of moral treatment. Here, the mentally ill were taken out of prisons and dungeons and placed into handsome buildings with bright, airy wards designed to dispel any reminders of their previous confines. The towering hospitals built in Worcester and Danvers were prime examples of the final evolution of the Kirkbride plan, where the layout of the building was stretched into monolithic proportions to house the burgeoning population of those seeking treatment. The theories of environmental determinism, regimentation and compassion did little to cure those deemed "insane" however, and these structures became increasingly obsolete and difficult to modify as their patient populations swelled into the 1950s. Eventually, they were shuttered by the state, left to decay as hollow specters of their former aspirations. Tom Kirsch takes us into these darkened spaces where few have ventured with his photography, while providing the important context of why they were built and chronicling their fall from grace.
Abandoned Asylums Of Connecticut
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Author : L.F. Blanchard and Tammy Rebello
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2016
Abandoned Asylums Of Connecticut written by L.F. Blanchard and Tammy Rebello and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
This collection of photographs, history, and firsthand accounts gives readers a glimpse at the roots of mental health. These vignettes are born of the personal stories of those who worked at these facilities, those who were institutionalized, and their families. The authors took the time to listen to their stories and endeavored to understand their past and recognize how these events continue to influence the mental health industry today. Pictured throughout are the physical relics of the places--the now largely abandoned asylums of Connecticut--where these stories unfurled.
Abandoned Asylums
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Author : Matt Van Der Velde
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-10-01
Abandoned Asylums written by Matt Van Der Velde and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-01 with categories.
Abandoned Asylums takes readers on an unrestricted visual journey inside America's abandoned state hospitals, asylums, and psychiatric facilities, the institutions where countless stories and personal dramas played out behind locked doors and out of public sight. The images captured by photographer Matt Van der Velde are powerful, haunting and emotive. A sad and tragic reality that these once glorious historical institutions now sit vacant and forgotten as their futures are uncertain and threatened with the wrecking ball. Explore a private mental hospital that treated Marilyn Monroe and other celebrities seeking safe haven. Or look inside the seclusion cells at an asylum that once incarcerated the now-infamous Charles Manson. Or see the autopsy theater at a Government Hospital for the Insane that was the scene for some of America's very first lobotomy procedures. With a foreward by renowned expert Carla Yanni examining their evolution and subsequent fall from grace, accompanying writings by Matt Van der Velde detailing their respective histories, Abandoned Asylums will shine some light on the glorious, and sometimes infamous institutions that have for so long been shrouded in darkness.
Massachusetts General Hospital Asylum For The Insane
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Author : Asylum for the Insane at Charlestown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1818*
Massachusetts General Hospital Asylum For The Insane written by Asylum for the Insane at Charlestown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1818* with Psychiatric hospitals categories.
The Public Care Of The Insane In Massachusetts
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Author : John Lewis Hildreth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
The Public Care Of The Insane In Massachusetts written by John Lewis Hildreth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Mental illness categories.