Outlines of Psychiatry
Like most people, Dr. Harry Hummer, superintendent of the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians, had a number of contradictory traits. Though he was accused of poor record-keeping on his patients and of a failure to institute any kind of mental health plan for them, he was clearly interested in maintaining expertise in his field. Continue reading
Alienists Were Considered Experts
Alienists became more important as experts to draw on after psychiatry became more established.
Dr. William A. White, for many years the superintendent of the federal government’s first hospital for the insane, St. Elizabeths, was an especially important figure.
His book, Outlines of Psychiatry, became a classic in its field and was used as a textbook for many years. Continue reading