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An engraving depicting a long building with six wings of 3 floors and a 4 story central section with a dome and extensive grounds.
Title page, edited by the officers of the New York State Lunatic Asylum, Utica.
Dramatic formal portrait of a white man, head and shoulders, front pose, with his signature below.
Formal portrait of a white man seated at a desk with an open book; glasses on forehead; thoughtful pose.
Mid-19th-century compilation portrait of 176 members, all men.
A person is sitting in a chair; his body is immobilized by straps at the shoulders, arms, waist, and feet; a box-like apparatus is used to confine the head. There is a bucket attached beneath the seat.
Formal photographic portrait an older, bearded, white man, seated, wearing glasses.
Lithograph of head of French soldier facing right with brain exposed.

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Mid-19th-century compilation portrait of 176 members, all men.

Members of the Superintendents Association 1890–1891

The Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane was organized in Philadelphia in October, 1844, the first professional medical specialty organization in the United States. The name of the organization was changed in 1892 to The American Medico-Psychological Association to allow assistant physicians working in mental hospitals to become members. In 1921, the name was changed to the present American Psychiatric Association (APA).

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