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Paperback Oregon Asylum Book

ISBN: 0738599883

ISBN13: 9780738599885

Oregon Asylum

(Part of the Images of America: Oregon Series)

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The Oregon State Insane Asylum was opened in Salem on October 23, 1883, and is one of the oldest continuously operated mental hospitals on the West Coast. In 1913, the name was changed to the Oregon State Hospital (OSH). The history of OSH parallels the development and growth in psychiatric knowledge throughout the United States. Oregon was active in the field of electroshock treatments, lobotomies, and eugenics. At one point, in 1959, there were...

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