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245 10 a| Mad Yankees :b| the Hartford Retreat for the Insane and nineteenth-century psychiatry /c| Lawrence B. Goodheart.;

300 a| xviii, 218 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Ironies of institutionalization -- Origin of the asylum -- Eli Todd, apostle of moral asylum -- The paradox of curative treatment -- The therapeutic imperative of Amariah Brigham -- The impoverished insane -- John S. Butler and the reinvention of the retreat -- The emergence of eugenics.;

520 1 a| "Throughout the western world, the emergence of insane asylums during the nineteenth century marked a significant change in the public perception as well as the medical treatment of mental illness. Mad Yankees tells the story of one of the earliest such institutions in the United States, the Hartford Retreat for the Insane.;

520 8 a| Opened in 1824, it was the first hospital of any kind in Connecticut and the only private mental asylum in the nation founded by a state medical society. Although conceived as an elite institution for well-to-do patrons, for many years the Hartford Retreat cared for the indigent insane and paying clients alike.".;

520 8 a| "A number of remarkable physicians associated with the retreat shaped early psychiatry in Connecticut and placed the state in the vanguard of treatment for the mentally ill. Dr. Eli Todd's ethic of a "law of kindness" toward the afflicted and claims of extraordinary cure rates gained the hospital an international reputation.;

520 8 a| A coterie of doctors associated with Todd - including Mason Cogswell, Samuel B. Woodward, Amariah Brigham, and John Butler - became prominent advocates of "moral" treatment that led to tending for the insane with respect and dignity."--BOOK JACKET.;

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Mad Yankees : the Hartford Retreat for the Insane and nineteenth-century psychiatry / Lawrence B. Goodheart.

Author/creator	Goodheart, Lawrence B., 1944-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2003.
Description	xviii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Retreat for the Insane at Hartford--History. Retreat for the Insane at Hartford. Psychiatric hospitals--Connecticut. --History. --19th century. Hospitals, Psychiatric--history. --Connecticut. Institutionalization--history. --Connecticut. History, 19th Century--Connecticut. Psychiatry--history. --Connecticut.

Contents	Ironies of institutionalization -- Origin of the asylum -- Eli Todd, apostle of moral asylum -- The paradox of curative treatment -- The therapeutic imperative of Amariah Brigham -- The impoverished insane -- John S. Butler and the reinvention of the retreat -- The emergence of eugenics.
Review	"Throughout the western world, the emergence of insane asylums during the nineteenth century marked a significant change in the public perception as well as the medical treatment of mental illness. Mad Yankees tells the story of one of the earliest such institutions in the United States, the Hartford Retreat for the Insane.
Summary	Opened in 1824, it was the first hospital of any kind in Connecticut and the only private mental asylum in the nation founded by a state medical society. Although conceived as an elite institution for well-to-do patrons, for many years the Hartford Retreat cared for the indigent insane and paying clients alike.".
Summary	"A number of remarkable physicians associated with the retreat shaped early psychiatry in Connecticut and placed the state in the vanguard of treatment for the mentally ill. Dr. Eli Todd's ethic of a "law of kindness" toward the afflicted and claims of extraordinary cure rates gained the hospital an international reputation.
Summary	A coterie of doctors associated with Todd - including Mason Cogswell, Samuel B. Woodward, Amariah Brigham, and John Butler - became prominent advocates of "moral" treatment that led to tending for the insane with respect and dignity."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2003014230
ISBN	1558494057 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781558494053 (cloth : alk. paper)

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