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Mental Illness in the 19th Century

In this article I discovered that during that time period many mental illnesses went untreated. And if the person's illness was discovered they would be imprisoned. The prisons in which the mentally ill were kept had very bad conditions. An advocate for the mentally ill , Dorothy Dix, urged for more humane treatment  of patients. After she urged the Illinois Legislature to provide appropriate care the Jacksonville Insane Asylum was opened in 1851. I am surprised to hear how mental patients were not treated correctly in the 19th century with many weird methods like electrocution patients. It lets me realize how advanced medicine is today.

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My Url is www.hamilton-flemming.blogspot.com .Without realizing it I typed Mrs.Fleming's name wrong while I was creating my account ,and I still do not know how to fix it.