Excerpt from "American Notes," by Charles Dickens

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Title

Excerpt from "American Notes," by Charles Dickens

Description

This excerpt from Charles Dickens' "American Notes," details the author's trip to Blackwell's Island and his horrible time seeing the ghastly conditions of the Lunatic Asylum.

Creator

Charles Dickens

Date

1842

Type

Excerpt from historical memoir

Format

PNG

Language

English

Subject

first-person account

Temporal Coverage

1842

Rights

Public domain

Item sets

Medical Isolation and New York City Public Health

Site pages

Medical Isolation: Public Health and Stigmatization from Blackwell's Island to the AIDS Epidemic

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Charles Dickens Excerpt