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The Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlemen was originally created for poor people who could not afford to pay their medical expenses.
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The Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem in London was a famous hospital that began housing people called "lunatics" rather than just the poor. This hopsital eventually became overcrowded.
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This book was a publication written by monks in Germany. The book compared witches to devilsthat need to be destroyed.
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Jahann Weyer published this book which focued on natural causes versus demon deception as a result in abnormal behavior.
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Mesmer obtained a doctorate in medicine, but focuse on invisible forces rather than medicine. He felt that he could treat patients by using magnetic objects in order to change behavior.
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Rush was appointed as the professor of chemistry and medicine at the College of Philadelphia. Rush took a more scientific approach in helping the mentally ill He made changed to improve conditions, however those changes were still considered inhumane.
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Veincenzo Chiarugi created regulations at his mental hospital in France. These regulations led to other hospitals adopting similiar rules as well. Some of these rules included no beating patients and treating them with care.
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The first private mental hospital was established in what is now Philadelphia. It was named The Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason.
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Dorthea Dix made the public aware of the mentally ill. Her goal was to help the poor who were mentally ill and wanted to make sure there were institutions available to them.
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Clifford Whittingam Beers published a book titled "A Mind That Found Itself." This book was a study that described Beers' experience while he was confined to an asylum as a result of a nervous breakdown.