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Many great Arkansans contributed to the advancement of this institution. The Honorable Hiram Marion McVeigh? drafted the original legislation that created the Arkansas Insane Asylum. Chastaine Forbes was the first superintendent, and Dr. Philo Hooper served as an original board member from 1881 to 1893 and as superintendent from 1896 to 1901. His own wife later became an inmate of the hospital. Dr. Elizabeth Fletcher became the first female physician at the hospital in 1936 and spearheaded much advancement in the care of mentally disabled children.
 
Many great Arkansans contributed to the advancement of this institution. The Honorable Hiram Marion McVeigh? drafted the original legislation that created the Arkansas Insane Asylum. Chastaine Forbes was the first superintendent, and Dr. Philo Hooper served as an original board member from 1881 to 1893 and as superintendent from 1896 to 1901. His own wife later became an inmate of the hospital. Dr. Elizabeth Fletcher became the first female physician at the hospital in 1936 and spearheaded much advancement in the care of mentally disabled children.
  
For many years, this was the only facility in Arkansas for dealing with people who, in modern times, would be sent to nursing homes, special schools, and rehab centers. Advancements in the medical community’s knowledge about vaccinations, prenatal care, and pharmaceutical treatments have caused the Arkansas State Hospital to change and develop. The hospital now maintains more of a focus on the treatment of the mentally ill, with the plan to get them back into society. Instead of a warehouse for people who are mentally unable to care for themselves, the citizens of Arkansas have state-of-the-art facilities to treat and possibly cure a wide range of mental illness. <ref>[http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2238 http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2238]</ref>
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For many years, this was the only facility in Arkansas for dealing with people who, in modern times, would be sent to nursing homes, special schools, and rehab centers. Advancements in the medical community’s knowledge about vaccinations, prenatal care, and pharmaceutical treatments have caused the Arkansas State Hospital to change and develop. The hospital now maintains more of a focus on the treatment of the mentally ill, with the plan to get them back into society. Instead of a warehouse for people who are mentally unable to care for themselves, the citizens of Arkansas have state-of-the-art facilities to treat and possibly cure a wide range of mental illness. <ref>[http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2238 http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2238]
  
 
== Images of Arkansas State Hospital ==
 
== Images of Arkansas State Hospital ==

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