Third annual report of the managers of the State Lunatic Asylum : made to the Legislature January 23, 1846 / New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica.

New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum

Date:: 1846

Credit: Third annual report of the managers of the State Lunatic Asylum : made to the Legislature January 23, 1846 / New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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