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An Asylum, or Hospital-Home, for Two Hundred Patients: constructed on the principle of adaptation of various parts of the house to varied needs and mental states of inhabitants; with Plans, &c

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

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Principles of Construction, etc.—I think I am justified by modern Scotch and English experience, as well as by my own, in laying down the following principles for the construction of an asylum for the insane, accommodating two hundred patients, and suitable for every class of the population, which, I understand, is an essential element in the solution of this problem in America.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1879 

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