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Gracefully Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital
Gracefully Insane The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital
Author: Alex Beam
An entertaining and poignant social histroy of McLean Hospital-temporary home to many of the troubled genuises of our age-and of the evolution of the treatment of mental illness from the early 19th centruy to today. Its landscaped ground, chosen by Frederick Law Olmsted and dotted with Tudor mansions, could belong to a New England prep school. ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781891620751
ISBN-10: 1891620754
Publication Date: 12/2001
Pages: 288
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Publisher: PublicAffairs
Book Type: Hardcover
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