Peter Bryce collection 1859-1888

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Peter Bryce collection 1859-1888

http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/u0003_0000226

A small miscellany of materials including Bryce's appointment as medical officer of ship "Yorkshire," clippings about Bryce, among them his obituary, and copy of his "Moral and Criminal Responsibility," 1888

0.05 Linear feet; (5 items, 5 pieces; partially photocopies)

W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

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Bryce, Peter, 1834-1892

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Peter Bryce (1834-92) was a pioneering figure in the field of mental health. Practicing in the post–Civil War era, he championed more humane therapeutic treatments for the mentally ill. He held important offices in both state and national organizations relating to the health professions and was the first superintendent of the state mental hospital that now bears his name. Bryce was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Peter and Martha Smith Bryce. He graduated with disti...