. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . of the poor belonged to the vestries of the establishedchurch, which was the Church of England, until the Revolution of1776 dissolved the relation between church and state. To Virginia, however, belongs the honor of providing the firststate hospital in America, used exclusively for the insane. Thiswas The Public Hospital for Persons of Insane and DisorderedMinds, now the Eastern State Hospital at Williamsburg. It wasincorporated in 1768. In 1769 the House of Burgesses passed anact To make provisions for the support, and m
. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . of the poor belonged to the vestries of the establishedchurch, which was the Church of England, until the Revolution of1776 dissolved the relation between church and state. To Virginia, however, belongs the honor of providing the firststate hospital in America, used exclusively for the insane. Thiswas The Public Hospital for Persons of Insane and DisorderedMinds, now the Eastern State Hospital at Williamsburg. It wasincorporated in 1768. In 1769 the House of Burgesses passed anact To make provisions for the support, and maintenance ofidiots, lunatics and other persons of unsound mind. 3 This actappointed trustees, and made provision for the building and main-tenance of the hospital, as well as rules for the admission ofpatients. A building was accordingly built, and the first patientsadmitted in October, 1773. We find in the records further lawspertaining to the hospital during the years between 1776 and 1790. 1 See Care of the Insane in Maryland. 2 See Care of the Insane in 00 PiJ QZ OO►J
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