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{{infobox institution | {{infobox institution | ||
| name = Western State Hospital Hopkinsville | | name = Western State Hospital Hopkinsville | ||
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| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]] and [[Preserved Institution|Preserved]] | | current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]] and [[Preserved Institution|Preserved]] | ||
| building_style = [[Kirkbride Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]] | | building_style = [[Kirkbride Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]] | ||
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| location = Hopkinsville, KY | | location = Hopkinsville, KY | ||
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Some time in the year 1863 the present able and successful Superintendent, Dr. James Rodman, took charge of the asylum. The total number of patients received and treated up to October 10, 1871, was 1.273. of whom 321 were then in the asylum. Calculated upon the number of patients received, 50.847 per cent were discharged restored, eight were discharged more or less improved, two were unimproved, one escaped and twenty-two died. There is (nearly) one insane person (October, 1871) in every 1,000 persons of the population, at least 1,400 in Kentucky, of whom there is room in the two asylums for only 850, and both are full. | Some time in the year 1863 the present able and successful Superintendent, Dr. James Rodman, took charge of the asylum. The total number of patients received and treated up to October 10, 1871, was 1.273. of whom 321 were then in the asylum. Calculated upon the number of patients received, 50.847 per cent were discharged restored, eight were discharged more or less improved, two were unimproved, one escaped and twenty-two died. There is (nearly) one insane person (October, 1871) in every 1,000 persons of the population, at least 1,400 in Kentucky, of whom there is room in the two asylums for only 850, and both are full. | ||
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== Images of Western State Hospital == | == Images of Western State Hospital == | ||
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File:Western_State_Hospital_KY_4.jpg | File:Western_State_Hospital_KY_4.jpg | ||
File:Hopkinsville2.jpg | File:Hopkinsville2.jpg | ||
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[[Category:Kentucky]] | [[Category:Kentucky]] | ||
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[[Category:Active Institution]] | [[Category:Active Institution]] | ||
[[Category:Preserved Institution]] | [[Category:Preserved Institution]] | ||
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