State Library of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania State Agency Documents

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Contains reports of Pennsylvania State Agencies such as the Annual Reports of the Eastern and Western State Penitentiaries from the 1800's - early 1900's; Reports of the State Quarantine Board 1896, 1899; Reports from the Bureau of Mines, Reports of the Committee on Lunacy, late 1800's; Proceedings of the Pennsylvania History Society annual meetings, 1906-1908; and more.
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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
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.