Superintendent's papers : state publication, 1874.

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Superintendent's papers : state publication, 1874.

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"State Aid to Hospitals" was a paper read by Dr. Bryce before the Alabama Medical Association at its annual meeting in Selma in 1874 Apr. It shows "the importance of eleemosynary enterprise on the part of the state" and contains "brief reviews of the present condition and prospective wants of the Alabama Insane Hosptal and the Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, with an outline of a reformatory for inebriates and a state medical college under the control and patronage of the state." It is identified as a Meteor Print. The paper is located in a bound volume entitled "Bulletins, Insane Hospitals, 1874-1907," and shelved with publications under Alabama State Hospitals.

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Medical Association of the State of Alabama

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Alabama Insane Hospital (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

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Alabama. Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.

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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...