Inside Oregon State Hospital : a history of tragedy and triumph / Diane L. Goeres-Gardner ; foreword by John Terry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goeres-Gardner, Diane L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oregon State Hospital.

Psychiatric hospitals--Oregon--History.

Psychiatric hospitals.

State hospitals--Oregon--History.

State hospitals.

History.

Oregon--History--19th century.

Oregon.

Oregon--History--20th century.

Oregon--History--21st century.

Hospitals, Psychiatric--history.

Hospitals, State--history.

History, 19th Century.

History, 20th Century.

History, 21st Century.

Medical Subjects:

Hospitals, Psychiatric--history.

Oregon.

Hospitals, State--history.

History, 19th Century.

History, 20th Century.

History, 21st Century.

Physical Description:

334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2013.

Summary:

"A history of the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, spanning from 1883 to 2012"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Case of Charity Lamb 27

2 The Case of Malinda Applegate 39

3 The Calbreath Years 71

4 Three Decades of Superintendent Steiner 95

5 The Case of James R. Robblet 129

6 The Triumph of Dr. Bethenia Owens-Adair 149

7 The Tragedy of George Nosen 172

8 The Case of Reverend David C. Snider 181

9 The Case for Lobotomy 199

10 In and Out of the Cuckoo's Nest 208

11 The Case of "Tunnel Therapy" 229

12 A Hospital Not a Prison 238

13 Financial and Forensic Failures 264

14 Finding the Cremains and Earning a Pulitzer 292

15 A New Beginning 303.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1626190402

9781626190405

OCLC:

827261529

Publisher Number:

99954836354