SC State Lunatic Asylum Report - 1873

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South Carolina Regents of the Lunatic Asylum

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South Carolina State Hospital

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The South Carolina State Hospital, first named the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, was completed in 1828 in Columbia as one of the first asylums in the county built expressly for the mentally ill and funded by the state government. The State Hospital published an annual report on its activities, needs, and goals. Detailed statistics are often provided on the patient population.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10827/19120

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1873

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Date Accessioned	2015-08-11T22:13:42Z
Date Available	2015-08-11T22:13:42Z
dc.date.created	2015-07-10
dc.description	The South Carolina State Hospital, first named the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, was completed in 1828 in Columbia as one of the first asylums in the county built expressly for the mentally ill and funded by the state government. The State Hospital published an annual report on its activities, needs, and goals. Detailed statistics are often provided on the patient population.
Item Format	application/pdf
Media Type	Document
Item Language	English
Publisher	South Carolina State Library
Digital Collection	South Carolina State Documents Depository
Rights	Public Domain. For more information contact, South Carolina State Library, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201.
Type	Text
Digitization Specifications	300ppi, Bookeye 3 scanner with OPUS FreeFlow software, Archival Master file is a multi-image TIFF; online version is a PDF/A-1b. Color depth varies by collection: 24-bit color.