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1840: A Revolution in Treatment 1900-1980: Carnivals & Amusements |
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Until 1853, Dr. Turner R. H. Smith, the first superintendent, was the only physician on staff responsible for the medical, moral and physical treatment of each inmate. Smith, who relied on his attendants to help cure his patients, immediately established a cardinal rule of behavior: "Violent hands shall never be laid on a patient, under any provocation." Any personnel who could not adopt this sentiment were unfit to treat the insane and any who violated this principle were "not wanted here."
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