Remembering Farnhurst: Stories from the Delaware State Hospital 1894-1920 AUTH-4969092 Haunted by the childhood memory

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

ISBN13: 9781495910302

an undertaking that takes six years to complete

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

a very small adventure

Remembering Farnhurst: Stories from the Delaware State Hospital 1894-1920 AUTH-4969092 Haunted by the childhood memoryThis 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