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Description: Information on Thomas Story Kirkbride and his mental hospital plan. Includes photographs of several Kirkbride buildings.
Kirkbride Buildings - Historic Insane Asylums Kirkbride Buildings - Historic Insane Asylums nce state-of-the-art mental healthcare facilities, Kirkbride have long been relics of an obsolete therapeutic method known as Moral Treatment. In the latter half of the 19th century, these massive structures were conceived as ideal sanctuaries for the mentally ill and as an active participent in their recovery. Careful attention was given to every detail of their design to promote a healthy environment and convey a sense of respectable decorum. Placed in secluded areas within expansive grounds, many of these
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Page title:Kirkbride Buildings - Historic Insane Asylums
Keywords:kirkbride,buildings,kirkbride plan,insane,asylum,hospital,abandoned,architecture,mental,health,healthcare,psychiatric,moral treatment,19th century,mentally ill
Description:Pictures and history of 19th century insane asylums built according to a plan conceived by Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride, a physician who believed good architecture could help cure mental illness.
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