Lebanon Hospital for Mental and Nervous Disorders 1896-1997

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Lebanon Hospital for Mental and Nervous Disorders 1896-1997

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Waldmeier, Theophilus, 1832-1915

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Furlonge Sir Geoffrey Warren 1903-1984

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Lebanon Hospital for Mental and Nervous Disorders

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The Lebanon Hospital for the Insane, Asfuriyeh, was founded in 1898 by Dr Theophilus Waldmeir (1832-1915), a Swiss Quaker, to provide care for the mentally afflicted of the Lebanon, Syria and the Middle East. On 17 April 1896, a public meeting was held at Dr Henry Jessup's house in Beirut, to announce the plan for founding 'the first Home for the insane in Bible Lands'. The campaign was launched, Waldmeier travelled to Europe and the USA to collect funds, and the Beirut ...