Asylums, Treatment Centers, and Genetic Jails

A History of Minnesota's State Hospitals

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Michael Resman ISBN: 9780878399185
Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud Publication: June 1, 2013
Imprint: North Star Press of St. Cloud Language: English
Author: Michael Resman
ISBN: 9780878399185
Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud
Publication: June 1, 2013
Imprint: North Star Press of St. Cloud
Language: English

In a time when those who were labeled “feeble-minded” and “defective” were locked away and forgotten by their relatives, when patients could be sterilized against their will, and treatments included inducing insulin shock and restraining patients by any means possible, state hospitals in Minnesota proliferated. Sometimes patients were released relatively unscathed, but many times, they lived out the rest of their lives in deplorable, unsanitary conditions. Michael Resman, a former occupational therapist for the Rochester State Hospital, brings these facts and more to light, in order that we might not forget our past.

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In a time when those who were labeled “feeble-minded” and “defective” were locked away and forgotten by their relatives, when patients could be sterilized against their will, and treatments included inducing insulin shock and restraining patients by any means possible, state hospitals in Minnesota proliferated. Sometimes patients were released relatively unscathed, but many times, they lived out the rest of their lives in deplorable, unsanitary conditions. Michael Resman, a former occupational therapist for the Rochester State Hospital, brings these facts and more to light, in order that we might not forget our past.

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