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*[http://discover.hsp.org/Record/hsp.opac.v01-94972/Details Report by the staff of the hospital] | *[http://discover.hsp.org/Record/hsp.opac.v01-94972/Details Report by the staff of the hospital] | ||
| − | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=kqBLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=%22Convalescents'+Retreat%22&source=bl&ots=dZpz5DV8na&sig=jeZvlznHyCY1w0ygttNef_aX2dc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Zi3nUPnsGKS00QGfgYHoCw&sqi=2&ved=0CFsQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Convalescents'%20Retreat%22&f=false Report on the Committee of Lunacy, 1888 | + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=kqBLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=%22Convalescents'+Retreat%22&source=bl&ots=dZpz5DV8na&sig=jeZvlznHyCY1w0ygttNef_aX2dc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Zi3nUPnsGKS00QGfgYHoCw&sqi=2&ved=0CFsQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Convalescents'%20Retreat%22&f=false Report on the Committee of Lunacy, 1888] |
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| Concalescents Retreat | |
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| Opened | 1884 |
| Current Status | Closed |
| Location | Glen Mills, PA |
Convalescents' Retreat was founded in 1884 by Dr. W.M. Hutt, as a private male psychiatric hospital for the treatment of, what is now known as, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It stood in Glen Millls, PA, outside of the city limits of Philadelphia county, and was licensed by the state to hold up to 16-beds. As per 1887, it had three proprietors: Dr. Robert H. Chase (who would later become Superintendent of Friends Hospital), Dr. Ewing Jordan, and Dr. Henry Harris.
