[Report of the Commissioners Appointed under the Act of April 11, 1846, to Inquire into the Condition of the Idiots of the Commonwealth, to Ascertain Their Number and Whether Anything Can Be Done in Their Behalf]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massachusetts. Commission on Condition of Idiots of the Commonwealth.

Series:

History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century.

History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with mental disabilities--Massachusetts--Statistics.

People with mental disabilities.

People with mental disabilities--Services for--Massachusetts--Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)).

Place of Publication:

1848

Summary:

The History of Disabilities program provides access to primary sources written using terminology that was in common use by the medical establishment and general society at the time, and describes diagnoses, methodologies, procedures, and treatments that may no longer be used or were debunked by later research. Users may come across words and expressions describing individuals and groups that they find condescending, upsetting, disconcerting, offensive, and not acceptable today. MiFhGG

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the New York Academy of Medicine.

OCLC:

1477838614