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|birth_date  = 1821
 
|birth_date  = 1821
|birth_place = Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania
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|death_date  = July 2, 1901
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|death_place = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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|known_for  = Superintendent of Harrisburg State Hospital; Assistant Physician of Pennsylvania Hospital; President of the American Psychiatric Association
 
|known_for  = Superintendent of Harrisburg State Hospital; Assistant Physician of Pennsylvania Hospital; President of the American Psychiatric Association
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Curwen actively participated in medical associations including county and state medical societies, and on occasions, he represented the AMSAII at annual meetings of the American Medical Association. He was a member of the American Philosophical Association, the British Medico-Psychological Association, and a trustee of Lafayette College. He was among the first to employ women physicians when he hired Dr. Margaret Cleaves in 1879 to be in charge of the women’s division of the State Hospital for the Insane. She resigned in 1883 and Curwen hired her assistant, Dr. Jane Garver, who remained on staff until 1900. As secretary of the AMSAII, Curwen attended the annual meetings, participated in discussions and presented papers. He maintained the Association’s archives and the Proceedings of each annual meeting was summarized and published in the [[American Journal of Insanity]]. His book, 'History of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane from 1844 to 1874' summarizes each annual meeting and appendixes of the venues of annual meetings, the officers of the Association, and state asylums. He was elected vice president of the association by his peers in 1892, and president briefly in 1893.
 
Curwen actively participated in medical associations including county and state medical societies, and on occasions, he represented the AMSAII at annual meetings of the American Medical Association. He was a member of the American Philosophical Association, the British Medico-Psychological Association, and a trustee of Lafayette College. He was among the first to employ women physicians when he hired Dr. Margaret Cleaves in 1879 to be in charge of the women’s division of the State Hospital for the Insane. She resigned in 1883 and Curwen hired her assistant, Dr. Jane Garver, who remained on staff until 1900. As secretary of the AMSAII, Curwen attended the annual meetings, participated in discussions and presented papers. He maintained the Association’s archives and the Proceedings of each annual meeting was summarized and published in the [[American Journal of Insanity]]. His book, 'History of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane from 1844 to 1874' summarizes each annual meeting and appendixes of the venues of annual meetings, the officers of the Association, and state asylums. He was elected vice president of the association by his peers in 1892, and president briefly in 1893.
 
== Selected Publications ==
 
 
*Curwen, John. A Manual for Attendants in Hospitals for the Insane. Philadelphia: Martien, 1851. [http://www.archive.org/details/manualforattenda00curw See online edition here]
 
 
*Curwen, John, comp. History of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane from 1844 to 1874 inclusive … [Harrisburg],1875.
 
 
*Curwen, John. The Original Thirteen Members of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane. Warren, Pa.: Cowan, 1885.
 
 
*Curwen, John, comp. History ... from 1844-1884 inclusive, with a list of the different hospitals for the insane, and the names and dates of appointment and resignation of the medical superintendents. Warren, Pa.: Cowan, 1885. [http://archive.org/details/historyofassocia00asso See online edition here]
 
 
*Curwen, John, Charles H. Nichols, John H. Callender, and Henry M. Hurd. Memoir of Thomas S. Kirkbride. Warren, Pa.: E. Cowan & Co., 1885. [http://archive.org/details/memoirofthomassk00curw See online edition here]
 
 
== External Links ==
 
*[http://www.historicpa.net/bios/2j/john-curwen-md.html Short Biography on Dr. Curwen]
 
*[http://hsh.thomas-industriesinc.com/COTH_History_Superintendents.htm Another brief biography]
 
  
 
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