The laws relating to the insane, feeble-minded and epileptic and for the institutions established for their care and treatment

The laws relating to the insane, feeble-minded and epileptic and for the institutions established for their care and treatment / prepared by the State Dependents Commission. At head of title: On the mental dependents of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania. State Dependents' Commission ; People with mental disabilities -- Law and legislation -- Pennsylvania ; People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Pennsylvania ; Psychiatric hospitals -- Pennsylvania ; Epilepsy -- Hospitals

"As the laws relating to the mental defectives and governing the institutions extend over a long series of years and are scattered through the Pamphlet Laws, it has been considered advisable to have them collected and placed in a convenient form for reference." Chapter I. Definition of Terms. Chapter II. Classification and Distribution of Mental Defectives. Chapter III. Provision for Care and Supervision. Chapter IV. Institutions for the Insane, Feeble-minded, and Epileptic. Chapter V. Provisions Relating to Physicians. Chapter VI. Duties of Trustees, Superintendents and Proprietors. Chapter VII. Provisions for Maintenance. Chapter VIII. Provisions for the Protection of Persons Committed to Institutions for the Insane. Chapter IX. Miscellaneous Provisions.

Pennsylvania. State Dependents' Commission

[Pennsylvania State Dependents' Commission]

Harrisburg, Pa.

310 pages

Pennsylvania

1835-1915

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Government Records

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