Dr. Francis T. Stribling and moral medicine
Subtitle: curing the insane at Virginia's Western State Hospital, 1836-1874
By: Alice Davis Wood.
Publisher: GallileoGianniny Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [Waynesboro, Va.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Stribling, Francis T. 1810-1874.; Stribling, Francis T. 1810-1874.; Western State Hospital (Va.); Western State Hospital (Va.); Hospitals, Psychiatric -- history -- Virginia.; Physicians -- Virginia -- Biography.; History, 19th Century -- Virginia.; Mental Disorders -- therapy -- Virginia.; Psychiatry -- history -- Virginia.; Mentally ill -- Care -- Virginia -- 19th century.; Psychiatric hospitals -- Virginia -- Staunton.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259) and index.