Papers of Isaac Newton Kerlin, 1838-1970 (inclusive), 1838-1891 (bulk).

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Papers of Isaac Newton Kerlin, 1838-1970 (inclusive), 1838-1891 (bulk).

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Contains letters from Kerlin about education for mentally handicapped children; manuscripts of his papers on medical care for alcoholics, and an appeal to the state legislature for treatment of the insane; Kerlin's notes for lectures and papers given at professional meetings; and various documents relating to business transactions for the Pennsylvania Institute. Other papers in the collection include letters belonging to his wife Harriet Caroline Dix Kerlin; letters, 1928, from a former student of Kerlin's to his son; and correspondence belonging to C. W. Pennock. Also contains obituaries, photographs, and a 1970 letter regarding deposit of Kerlin's papers.

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Kerlin family.

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Pennsylvania Institute for Feeble Minded Children.

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Kerlin, Isaac Newton, 1834-1893

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Kerlin (University of Pennsylvania, M.D. 1856) served as superintendent of the Pennsylvania Institute for Feeble Minded Children in Elwyn, Pa. from 1858 to 1893. His published works were among the first analyses of causes of mental deficiency in children and adults, and his career was devoted to their care. At Elwyn he conducted autopsies to investigate pathology; he published a classification of the feeble-minded and wrote one of the earliest statistical papers on the causes of idiocy. ...