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On the Methods in Vogue at the Boston Psychopathic Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Ian Skottowe*
Affiliation:
Cardiff City Mental Hospital; Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital; Boston Psychopathic Hospital

Extract

The scope of this contribution is to give an account of the administrative and clinical methods at the Boston Psychopathic Hospital, to give a picture of the clinical material, and to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the system.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1928 

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