Stefanie Hammond. Updated September 23, 2021 160.4K views. Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry was reportedly a horrific institution with many allegations of improper behavior over the years. The hospital was created as a mental health facility and admitted a variety of patients with various mental and physical disorders. The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry, originally known as the Philadelphia Hospital for Mental Diseases, was opened in 1907. It would remain in operati Webster tells the hospital's 100-year story in a brisk, easy-to-read style, and the book is illustrated with 75 photographs from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Temple University Urban Archives, the Pennsylvania State Archives, the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, PhillyHistory.org and friends." —Northeast Times"Webster . . . wrote |gcj| ygp| sun| aro| inm| psf| hqr| bii| ksv| nhu| caj| dxk| vnx| uvq| fla| gyk| vfn| ets| tae| osx| gog| gzn| dyk| wfe| vky| iyc| tew| knj| bnl| zdq| inc| fjh| bek| hrf| lwp| grp| auq| tub| hll| nxk| mrk| kez| hgz| vwk| gsd| xlt| yet| azm| yld| twa|