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|Body= The [[Dixmont State Hospital|Western Pennsylvania Hospital]] was founded in Pittsburgh in 1848 as a general hospital that treated all types of illnesses and became the first institution in western Pennsylvania to offer treatment for the insane. When the Insane Department of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital was moved to a new building in Kilbuck Township outside of Pittsburgh in 1862 it was renamed the Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane at Dixmont to honor the memory of Dorothea Dix, an advocate for reforming the treatment of mental patients.
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|Body= This is a [[Marathon County Asylum|county asylum]] located at Wausau in Marathon County Wisconsin.  This institution has been known by three other names: Marathon County Asylum for Chronic Insane, Marathon County Hospital, and Sunny Vale Infirmary
 
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Revision as of 04:24, 23 July 2012

Featured Image Of The Week

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This is a county asylum located at Wausau in Marathon County Wisconsin. This institution has been known by three other names: Marathon County Asylum for Chronic Insane, Marathon County Hospital, and Sunny Vale Infirmary