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Title: Hospital Patients and Institutional Inmates in Chicago, 1880-1930

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: This thesis explores an unduly neglected yet vitally important subject in the history of hospitals: patients. Although much about them remains unclear, the knowledge on who they were is essential to the interpretation of what hospitals were because well into the 20th century hospital admission had as much to do with the person suffering from illness as to do with the illness itself. Hospital patients were to such an extent a socially designated group. This thesis seeks to understand who they were. This thesis focuses on the patients in Presbyterian, Cook County, and Dunning Hospitals in Chicago from the late 19th to early 20th century. Dunning Hospital was a state mental institution; Cook County Hospital was a public hospital for the sick poor; and Presbyterian Hospital was a private hospital for the sick who could afford better accommodations. What makes those hospitals worthy of scrutiny is their close integration. Jury trials over the commitment of the allegedly insane took place in Cook County Hospital, which . . .

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Authors: Maeda, Hiroshi

Institution: University ofIllinois at Chicago

Department: History

Advisor: Smith, Daniel Scott

Degree: PhD

Publisher Location: Chicago, Illinois

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health, Other

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