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First Patient is admitted to the Charlestown branch of the Mass. General Hospital
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Superindentant of Eastern Lunatic Asylum. Introduced talk therapy.
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Wrote a letter to the state legislature describing conditions for the mentally ill in prison. She encouraged asylums and they were later opened throughout the country.
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First patient library in psychiatric ward.
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Lecture brought before American Psychiatric Association. Dr. John Galt said reading was a treatment to help the mentally ill cope with their problems.
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