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27. An account of the extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moor, of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England: who has for more than three years, lived entirely without food ; giving the particulars of her life to the present time, an account of the investigation instituted on the occasion, and observations on the letters of some medical men who attended it

Publication:
Printed at Springfield, Massachusetts : By Thomas Dickman, 1811
Subject(s):
Fasting
Ulcer
Stomach
Moore, Ann, 1761-1825.

28. An account of the extraordinary abstinence of Ann Moor, of Tutbury, Staffordshire: who has, for more than two years, lived entirely without food : giving the particulars of her life to the present time, an account of the investigation instituted on the occasion, and observations on the letters of some medical men who attended it : also other similar cases of abstinence, etc

Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by Joseph Sharpless ..., 1810
Subject(s):
Fasting
Moore, Ann (Pegg)

29. An account of the imprisonment and sufferings of Robert Fuller, of Cambridge: who while peaceably and quietly and rationally in possession of his own house, was seized and detained in the M'Lean Asylum for the Insane, at Charlestown, Mass. 65 days, from June 24th, to August 28th, 1832, together with some remarks on that institution

Author(s):
Fuller, Robert, 1795?-
Publication:
Boston : [s.n.], 1833
Subject(s):
Commitment of Mentally Ill
Massachusetts
Fuller, Robert, 1795?-

31. An account of the malignant fever, which prevailed in the city of New-York, during the autumn of 1805: Containing, 1. The proceedings of the Board of Health ... : 2. The rise, progress, and decline of the late epidemic : 3. An account of the Marine and Bellevue Hospitals ... : 4. Record of deaths, &c. &c. : 5. Opinion of several eminent physicians, respecting the cause of malignant fever ... : 6. The situation of the convicts in the state-prison ... : 7. Desultory observations andreflections. : 8. The various modes of cure

Author(s):
Hardie, James, 1758-1826
Publication:
New-York : Printed by Southwick & Hardcastle ..., 1805
Subject(s):
Yellow Fever
Disease Outbreaks
New York City
New York (N.Y.). Board of Health.

35. Account of the present state of the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of their Reason

Author(s):
Contributors to the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of their Reason.
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by W. Brown ..., 1816
Subject(s):
Hospitals, Psychiatric -- economics
Hospitals, Religious -- economics
Charities
Fund Raising
Philadelphia
Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason.
Contributors to the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of their Reason

37. Account of the rise and progress of the asylum, proposed to be established, near Philadelphia: for the relief of persons deprived of the use of their reason : with an abridged account of the Retreat, a similar institution near York, in England

Publication:
Philadelphia : Published by Kimber and Conrad ..., 1814
Subject(s):
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Hospitals, Religious
Fund Raising
Hospital Design and Construction
Institutionalization -- methods
Protestantism
England
Philadelphia
Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason.
York Retreat.