Remembering Farnhurst: Stories from the Delaware State Hospital 1894-1920 AUTH-4969092 Pages: 363

Pages: 363

Haunted by the childhood memory of her father's death in the basement of her house while her mother ignored his entreaties for help

This Great Little Nation (with Pat Brennan)

ISBN13: 9781495910302

not the fact that he can’t afford a violin suitable to his talents

Remembering Farnhurst: Stories from the Delaware State Hospital 1894-1920 AUTH-4969092 Pages: 363This compelling book includes 186 case studies of patients who were admitted to the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst between 1894 and 1920. Until now, their stories have remained hidden away, lost, forgotten, inaccessible. This book changes that by providing a detailed look at the lives of a wide variety of patients. Farnhurst is usually thought of as having been simply a "mental hospital" or "lunatic asylum." In reality, the institution cared for