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From Hospitals to Street Corners: The History of the Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill – Amanda Strano

Abstract Entitled “From Hospitals to Street Corners: The History of the Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill,” the intended research topic of this paper is the history of deinstitutionalization. By definition, it is the movement of the mentally ill from large … Continue reading

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Disease in Places and Bodies: Miasma, Immorality and Poverty – Amanda Strano

The individual is dehydrated, has sunken eyes and cheeks, wrinkled hands and skin, body tremors, nausea, cramps, and projectile vomiting, and he or she ultimately dies in about twenty-four hours or less. What exactly was the disease that caused in … Continue reading

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