Hearing Voices, a new exhibit at the Library Company, tells the story of an idealistic new way of treating mental illness in the 19th century called "moral treatment" and how it fell apart. Monday, May 22, 2022
That meant treatment was a non-starter. “If it’s a punishment from God, then who are we to intervene?��� she said. In addition to therapeutic work, the hospital staged magic lantern shows a couple times a week — an early version of a projected slideshow — for entertainment and mental stimulation.The moral treatment movement allowed people in asylums to express their feelings through art.
During his time at Pennsylvania Hospital, a delusional Nisbett wrote poetry and painted under the care of Rush, the man he once debated vigorously. including forced feeding and so-called water therapy, among other barbaric treatments and restraints.Exhibit curators hoped to share diverse voices from within asylums, but found that the privileges extended to white men such as Nisbett were not offered to many women or people of color.By the early 20th century, physicians from Philadelphia had moved on to a concept called eugenics. Instead of viewing mental illness as treatable, they blamed it on inherent traits.
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