For removing the insane from the poorhouses : an act to promote the care and curative treatment of the pauper and indigent insane / introduced in Senate by the Hon. J. Sloat Fassett, February 24, 1890 ; introduced in Assembly by Hon. Milo M. Acker, February 24, 1890.

  • New York (State). Legislature.
Date:
1890
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Credit: For removing the insane from the poorhouses : an act to promote the care and curative treatment of the pauper and indigent insane / introduced in Senate by the Hon. J. Sloat Fassett, February 24, 1890 ; introduced in Assembly by Hon. Milo M. Acker, February 24, 1890. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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