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Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry: A History of Misery and Medicine
Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry: A History of Misery and Medicine
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Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry: A History of Misery and Medicine
Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry: A History of Misery and Medicine
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This account of the infamous asylum is "an excellent record of greed and corruption, but it is also a powerful testimonial to compassion and kindness" ( Hidden City). The Quaker City and its hospitals were pioneers in 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 ill were quartered with the dangerously criminal. By 1906, the city had purchased a vast acreage of farmland incorporat…

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This account of the infamous asylum is "an excellent record of greed and corruption, but it is also a powerful testimonial to compassion and kindness" ( Hidden City). The Quaker City and its hospitals were pioneers in 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 ill 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 start, its history was riddled with corruption and committees, investigations and inquests, appropriations and abuse. Yet it is also a story of reform and redemption, of heroes and human dignity-many dedicated staff members did their best to help patients whose mental illnesses were little understood and were stigmatized by society. "The closed hospital's almost forgotten story intrigued him immediately and then became hispassion ... Webster tells the hospital's 100-year story in a brisk, easy-to-read style, and the book is illustrated with 75 photographsfrom the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Temple University Urban Archives, the Pennsylvania State Archives, the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, PhillyHistory.org and friends." - Northeast Times "Webster ... wrote his book because of hisfascination with anabandoned building he discovered in 2002. He wanted to tell the story of Byberry, one he believes many people do not fully understand." - Philadelphia Neighborhoods

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This account of the infamous asylum is "an excellent record of greed and corruption, but it is also a powerful testimonial to compassion and kindness" ( Hidden City). The Quaker City and its hospitals were pioneers in 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 ill 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 start, its history was riddled with corruption and committees, investigations and inquests, appropriations and abuse. Yet it is also a story of reform and redemption, of heroes and human dignity-many dedicated staff members did their best to help patients whose mental illnesses were little understood and were stigmatized by society. "The closed hospital's almost forgotten story intrigued him immediately and then became hispassion ... Webster tells the hospital's 100-year story in a brisk, easy-to-read style, and the book is illustrated with 75 photographsfrom the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Temple University Urban Archives, the Pennsylvania State Archives, the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, PhillyHistory.org and friends." - Northeast Times "Webster ... wrote his book because of hisfascination with anabandoned building he discovered in 2002. He wanted to tell the story of Byberry, one he believes many people do not fully understand." - Philadelphia Neighborhoods

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