Tidslinje by Ida-Bella Bach Greve

Pensylviania Hospital 1752

benjamindammeyer — 2025-09-16 10:31:46 UTC

"The

founding of the hospital reflected the widespread fear of the violent insane, as

can be seen in the petition written by the civic leaders of Philadelphia, one of

whom was Benjamin Franklin." s. 91

Benjamin Rush 1783-1813

idabellabachgreve — 2025-09-16 10:33:02 UTC

''One of the founding fathers of American psychiatry, Benjamin Rush, worked at the Pennsylvania Hospital from 1783 to 1813, and his ambition was to control and conquer insanity by a ‘therapeutic’ combination of patriarchal discipline and mental stimulation.

It would appear Rush and his staff looked upon themselves as animal tamers who ascribed bestial nature to the mentally ill''

s. 92

The Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia 1773

natashadue — 2025-09-16 10:34:34 UTC

"The first hospital to confine exclusively the insane."

S93, 3

1830 offtenlige "Human zoo's" slutter

benjamindammeyer — 2025-09-16 10:35:34 UTC

1791

idabellabachgreve — 2025-09-16 10:37:15 UTC

New York Hospital begynder at optage sindssyge patienter

s. 93

1798

idabellabachgreve — 2025-09-16 10:37:59 UTC

Maryland Hospital begynder også at optage sindssyge patienter

s. 93

1817

benjamindammeyer — 2025-09-16 10:38:04 UTC

Asylum for the Relief of Friends Deprived of Their reason, established near Philadelphia, helped to introduce moral treatment to

America.

Dorothea Dix (1802–87)

natashadue — 2025-09-16 10:39:57 UTC

"The expansion of public institutions was partly propelled by asylum reformers who actively persuaded legislators to establish state hospitals. The most well-known asylum reformer of the antebellum period was Dorothea Dix (1802–87), a deeply religious woman who found her life mission in improving the care of the indigent insane."

s 93

1776. Declaration of Independence

benjamindammeyer — 2025-09-16 10:40:07 UTC

St Elizabeth’s Hospital 1855

natashadue — 2025-09-16 10:41:32 UTC

"The first federally funded mental hospital, estab-

lished in 1855, was the Government Hospital for the Insane in Washington, DC"

s 93

1851. Drapetomania , or ‘flight-from-home madness’ bliver opfundet

benjamindammeyer — 2025-09-16 10:42:54 UTC

"Cartwright

claimed that slaves who tried to run away from the masters more than twice were

insane"

Den moderne behandling

natashadue — 2025-09-16 10:47:49 UTC

"The insane patients were put in cells in the basement, where they received all the cutting-edge treatments available at the time:

their heads were first shaved and then blistered; their blood was drawn until they fainted; they were given such powerful purgatives that their rectums emitted nothing but mucus. Between treatments that were supposed to restore

their reason, the patients were chained to the wall (Deutsch 1949, 60)"

s92