User:21gaf/Central State Hospital (Indiana)
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Staff[edit]
Superintendents[edit]
- James Athon – superintendent in 1857 when patients were sent home due to a lack of funding[1]
- William Baldwin Fletcher (1837-1907) – superintendent from 1883 to 1887, when he was fired; known for destroying mechanical restraints in a 1885 bonfire and opposing staff appointments influenced by politics[1][2]
- George F. Edenharter (1857-1923) – superintendent from 1893 to 1923; involved in the establishment of a pathology building, which opened in 1896[3]
- Max A. Bahr (1872-1953) – superintendent from 1923 to 1952; trained as a clinical psychiatrist and known for his work in forensic psychiatry and the treatment of neurosyphilis[4]
Other Staff[edit]
- Sarah Stockton (1842-1924) – graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania; hired in 1884 as the first female physician at the hospital, specifically in the department for women[5][1]
- Walter Bruetsch (1896-1977) – educated in Switzerland and Germany; hired in the 1920s and brought the idea of malaria therapy for neurosyphilis to the hospital[6]
Patients[edit]
- Albert Thayer – Civil war veteran who published exposés about the poor treatment of patients at the hospital after being discharged in 1884[7]
- Anna Agnew – published a biography, Under the Cloud: Personal Reminiscences of Insanity, in 1886 to discuss the poor treatment she experienced during her seven years at the hospital[8]
- John Zwara (1880-1951) – trained as an artist in Prague and Berlin; created watercolor paintings of the hospital as a patient in 1936; admitted to the hospital by Alexander Vonnegut, the son of Bernard Vonnegut I[9]
- Riah Fagan Cox (1892-1977) – wrote a short story, "I Remember Jones," in 1950 about the poor treatment she experienced at the hospital in the 1940s; her daughter, Jane Cox, was Kurt Vonnegut's first wife[8][10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Dwyer, Ellen, and Norma Erickson. "Central State Hospital." In Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Revised March 2021, https://indyencyclopedia.org/central-state-hospital/.
- ^ Hazelrigg, Charles O. "William Baldwin Fletcher." In Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Revised February 2021, https://indyencyclopedia.org/william-baldwin-fletcher/.
- ^ Hazelrigg, Charles O. "George F. Edenharter." In Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Revised February 2021, https://indyencyclopedia.org/george-f-edenharter/.
- ^ Hazelrigg, Charles O. "Max A. Bahr." In Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Revised March 2021, https://indyencyclopedia.org/max-a-bahr/.
- ^ "Sarah Stockton MD(1842-1924)." Indiana Archives and Records Administration. State of Indiana. Accessed May 3, 2023. https://www.in.gov/iara/divisions/state-archives/collections/central-state-hospital-collection-index/sarah-stockton-md1842-1924/.
- ^ Bonsett, Charles A. "Walter Bruetsch." In Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Revised February 2021, https://indyencyclopedia.org/walter-bruetsch/.
- ^ "Patient Abuse." Indiana Archives and Records Administration. State of Indiana. Accessed May 3, 2023. https://www.in.gov/iara/divisions/state-archives/collections/central-state-hospital-collection-index/patient-abuse/.
- ^ a b "Central State Hospital." Bookmark Indy. Indiana Humanities. Accessed May 3, 2023. https://bookmarkindy.com/locations/central-state-hospital/.
- ^ McDonell, Katherine Mandusic. "John Zwara." In Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Revised July 2021, https://indyencyclopedia.org/john-zwara/.
- ^ Cox, Riah Fagan. "I Remember Jones." Indiana Medical History Museum. 1950. https://www.imhm.org/resources/Pictures/I%20Remember%20Jones.pdf.