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Material Name |
Public Hospital Mental Clinic Building: Reconstruction Perspective Diagram |
Year(Japanes Era Name) |
Meiji 13 |
Year |
1880 |
Description |
Albrecht von RORETZ (1846-1884), unable to endure seeing the treatment of people suffering from mental illness in Japan, where such patients were locked away in filthy conditions, proposed to Aichi Prefecture the establishment of a mental clinic in the prefecture based on the philanthropic and humanitarian non-restraint system; and in Meiji year 13 (1880) had the construction of a mental clinic building in the Public Hospital completed. |
Physical Description |
1 |
Material Type |
Figures, postcards |
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