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Hudson River State Hospital / Joseph Galante, Lynn Rightmyer, and the Hudson River State Hospital Nurses Alumni Association.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Galante, Joseph, author.
- Rightmyer, Lynn, author.
- Hudson River State Hospital Nurses Alumni Association, author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychiatric hospitals--New York (State).
- Psychiatric hospitals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations, map.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2018]
- Summary:
- For 141 years, Hudson River State Hospital was home to tens of thousands of individuals suffering from mental illness.The facility grew from a 208-acre parcel in 1871 with seven patients to 752 acres with five dozen separate buildings containing nearly 6,000 patients in 1954.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Establishment, Construction, and Growth
- 2. Employee Life
- 3. Nursing and Treatment
- 4. Fire and Police
- 5. The Farms
- 6. Patient Life and Activities
- About the Hudson River State Hospital Nurses Alumni Association.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4396-6495-1
- OCLC:
- 1145576680
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