New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica: A History of Old Main

by Dennis Webster

Known as Old Main, the New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica opened in 1843 as the first institution of its kind to treat madness as a medical illness, not a curse. A series of groundbreaking administrators sought to save mentally ill New Yorkers from lives of confinement in sordid conditions and create a safe haven. A sense of normalcy was established for patients through Old Main's Asylum Band, the Opal monthly publication and other arts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540248704
• ISBN13: 9781540248701
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: History PR
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"