Former mental institution in York, North Yorkshire, England, UK

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Description of the Retreat, an institution near York, for insane persons of the Society of Friends : containing an account of its origin and progress, the modes of treatment, and a statement of cases / By Samuel Tuke. With an elevation and plans of the building.

Reform in the treatment of the insane : early history of The Retreat, York, its objects and influence, with a report of the celebrations of its centenary / by D. Hack Tuke.

A retired habitation : a history of the Retreat, York (mental hospital) / by Harold Capper Hunt ; with a foreword by Bedford Pierce and a chapter by N. Macleod.

State of an institution near York, called the Retreat, for persons afflicted with disorders of the mind : forty-sixth report.

The one-hundred-and-sixtieth annual report of the physician superintendent for the year 1956 / The Retreat, York, a registered hospital for the treatment of mental and nervous and illnesses.

The one-hundred-and-sixty-third annual report of the physician superintendent for the year 1959 / The Retreat, York, a registered hospital for the treatment of mental and nervous and illnesses.

The seventy-seventh report of the Friends' Retreat, near York : 1873.

The one-hundred-and-sixty-first annual report of the physician superintendent for the year 1957 / The Retreat, York, a registered hospital for the treatment of mental and nervous and illnesses.

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The Retreat

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State of an institution near York, called the Retreat, for persons afflicted with disorders of the mind : forty-sixth report.

The one-hundred-and-sixtieth annual report of the physician superintendent for the year 1956 / The Retreat, York, a registered hospital for the treatment of mental and nervous and illnesses.

The one-hundred-and-sixty-third annual report of the physician superintendent for the year 1959 / The Retreat, York, a registered hospital for the treatment of mental and nervous and illnesses.

The seventy-seventh report of the Friends' Retreat, near York : 1873.

The one-hundred-and-sixty-first annual report of the physician superintendent for the year 1957 / The Retreat, York, a registered hospital for the treatment of mental and nervous and illnesses.

The Retreat

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Works from the collections

State of an institution near York, called the Retreat, for persons afflicted with disorders of the mind : forty-sixth report.

The one-hundred-and-sixtieth annual report of the physician superintendent for the year 1956 / The Retreat, York, a registered hospital for the treatment of mental and nervous and illnesses.

The one-hundred-and-sixty-third annual report of the physician superintendent for the year 1959 / The Retreat, York, a registered hospital for the treatment of mental and nervous and illnesses.

The seventy-seventh report of the Friends' Retreat, near York : 1873.

The one-hundred-and-sixty-first annual report of the physician superintendent for the year 1957 / The Retreat, York, a registered hospital for the treatment of mental and nervous and illnesses.

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