An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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DIX, Dorothea Lynde

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Memorial. To the Legislature of Massachusetts.

Boston: Printed by Munroe & Francis, 1843.

Dorothea Dix played an instrumental role in the founding or expansion of more than 30 hospitals for the treatment of the mentally ill in various U.S. states. This was probably the first of her many publications advocating for the humane treatment of the mentally ill. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.



Subjects: HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRY, U.S.: CONTENT OF PUBLICATIONS BY STATE & TERRITORY › Massachusetts, WOMEN, Publications by › Years 1800 - 1899