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LIRR State Hospital Spurs
Information on Long Island, New York state hospitals and how they were served by the Long Island Railroad.

Bartonville State Hospital
Page at Historic Peoria concerning this disused Central Illinois mental hospital's history and ghosts.

Hospitals and Hospices in the Maltese Islands
A history with references by Charles Savona-Ventura. Covers civil and military, midwifery, naval and seaman's hospitals and hospices for the elderly.

Poorhouse Story
Extensive site concerning the history of poorhouses.

Eloise: The Poorhouse that Became an Asylum
Illustrated article by Mary Bailey from Detroit News on the history of the Eloise hospital near Detroit, Michigan.

Kew Asylum Museum
The Australian Science Academy Project explains its creation of a museum to document the history of this 19th-century former asylum in Victoria. Includes an illustrated history by Daniel Cass.

Waupaca County, Wisconsin, Asylum
Page at a genealogy site with information on the founding of this institution.

Franklin County Poorhouse
History and photographic exploration of this 19th-century institution in Northern New York that sheltered paupers and the mentally ill.

Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center
History of this central New York State institution for the mentally ill located in Utica.

Worcester Hospitals
Historic postcard images of the hospitals, asylum, and poor farm in Worcester, Massachusetts.


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