Citation Information
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Title
South Carolina Lunatic Asylum / State Hospital
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Coverage
1821–2003
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Author
Peter McCandless
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Keywords
established by the General Assembly in 1821, Dr. James Davis, who became its first visiting physician, nation’s oldest surviving state mental hospital structure and a National Historical Landmark, Two major legislative investigations, in 1909 and 1914, revealed many of the problems, which included unsanitary conditions and horrific mortality rates, especially for black patients,
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/south-carolina-lunatic-asylum-state-hospital/view/images
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Access Date
April 18, 2024
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Original Published Date
August 1, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 24, 2022
