Order and commitment books, 1885-1893

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Order and commitment books, 1885-1893

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This series consists of certificates of lunacy, medical certificates, forms, petitions, and case histories which document the process used to commit people for care at the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. These formats are bound-in with printed forms. Information included varies over time. The earliest commitment orders contain the following information: name, case number, address or residence, occupation, and by whom brought. Formal orders of commitment are signed by two physicians and, if a patient is indigent, the Superintendent of the Poor.

2.5 cu. ft. (5 volumes)

New York State Archives

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Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (N.Y.)

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Middletown Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

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New York State Office of Mental Health

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Previously known as the Buffalo State Hospital, the facility became Buffalo Psychiatric Center according to Chapter 558 of the Laws of 1974. From the description of Buffalo Psychiatric Center patient case files, 1920-1975. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 82286416 The original cemetery was started at Willard Asylum for the Insane (as the facility was then called) in 1870. Included in the original cemetery grounds was a Civil War cemetery for patien...

New York (State) Dept. Of Mental Hygiene.

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