Bedlam in Penn’s Woods
Posted by Philip Clark on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bedlam in Penn’s Woods Pennsylvanians have been concerned with the welfare of the insane since the earliest provincial days. Indeed, as befits the Commonwealth’s humanitarian Quaker heritage, Pennsylvania has made pioneering efforts in the field. For most of the preRevolutionary period, care of the mad was restricted to physical support and occasional confinement for public safety. Victims’ families...read more