Article ID: CBB777307170

All the Aids that Nature Can Afford: Horticulture, Healing, and Moral Reform in a Gilded Age Hospital (2023)

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Linnea Kuglitsch (Author)


International Journal of Historical Archaeology
Volume: 27
Issue: 1
Pages: 183-200


Publication Date: 2023
Edition Details: Special Issue: Health, Well-being and Ability in Archaeology
Language: English

In this article, I analyze an assemblage of flowerpots to explore how the ideas of nature and civilization interacted with the treatment of insanity. Patients at the Western Washington Hospital for the insane participated in horticultural activities as a part of their treatment. From cultivating greenhouse plants to maintaining them on the wards, the hospital’s horticultural regime immersed patients in a system governed by natural laws and rhythms, thereby fostering the self-esteem and discipline believed necessary to restore their sanity.

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Article Sarah Surface-Evans; Jodi A. Barnes; Stacey L. Camp (March 2023) Introduction: Health, Well-Being, and Ability in Archaeology. International Journal of Historical Archaeology (pp. 1-16). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Aitken, Richard
Baker, Patricia Anne
Beltrão, Jane Felipe
Blandin, Gaston
Chevalier, Jacques M.
Chowning, Margaret
Journals
Historical Archaeology
Histoire des Sciences Médicales
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Environment and History
Publishers
University of California, Berkeley
Brill
Edinborough Press
Miegunyah Press in conj. with State Library of Victoria
Concepts
Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment
Medicine
Hospitals and clinics
Mental health and illness
Health care
Historical archaeology
People
Champier, Symphorien
Morselli, Enrico
Roux, Émile
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Ancient
15th century
16th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Australia
China
France
Brazil
Great Britain
Institutions
Institut Pasteur, Paris
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