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|birth_date = 1821 | |birth_date = 1821 | ||
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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. | ||
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