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Asylums then became places where there were insufficient staff and resources.

From Slate • May 11, 2022

He served in a number of offices—he was in the constitutional convention, state legislature, county commissioner in Barnwell County, Board of Regents of State Asylums, and he served two terms in the U.S.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2018

Asylums were then characterized as a method of so-called moral therapy.

From US News • May 20, 2015

His experiences there, recorded in Asylums, strongly affected his developing theories on social behavior.

From Time Magazine Archive

A thick file of papers before me bears witness to his personal interest in the Lawrence Asylums.

From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by Hunter, William Wilson