Author : Thomas Joseph Workman Burgess
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260922786
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (227 download)
Book Synopsis Presidential Address, the Insane in Canada (Classic Reprint) by : Thomas Joseph Workman Burgess
Download or read book Presidential Address, the Insane in Canada (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Joseph Workman Burgess and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-12 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Presidential Address, the Insane in Canada Although, in every country, men and women and the medical profession have been ready to promote the interests of the in sane, the name of Dorothea L. Dix stands foremost among all. Her efforts in improving the condition of the insane were not confined to her native State of Massachusetts, but extended to other States and distant lands. Her life was devoted to their interests, and it is stated that no less than thirty asylums owe their establishment directly or indirectly to her persistent efforts. The first Manitoba Asylum, now located at Selkirk, was origi nally established in 1871, at Lower Fort Garry, in connection with the penitentiary. One of the old stone storehouses of the Hudson Bay Company, formerly used for the confinement of Lepine, the notorious Louis Riel's adjutant-general, was fitted up for the purpose. The second asylum, situated at Brandon, began work in 1891. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.