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Historic Williamsburg

Uploaded on Dec 13, 2011

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Historic Williamsburg

Uploaded on Dec 13, 2011

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Mental Hospital

Williamsburg VA. First mental hospital in US.

Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011

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Colonial Williamsburg

Uploaded on Dec 10, 2011

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Mental Health

I believe this was the first mental health hospital in the US. This is one of the patient's rooms in the Public Hospital for the Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds in Williamsburg, VA. This is a display of how they rooms were in their earliest period. Looks like they focused on managing more than treating. Can't see it promoting mental health, that's for sure! They had their first patient on October 12, 1773.
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Uploaded on Dec 10, 2011

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