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dorothea dix  

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  • American campaigner for mental health reform, particularly the separation of the criminal from the insane, and for the development of separate institutions for each. Her work led to the establishment of state mental hospitals. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Dix, Dorothea]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-ZG95Q8S9-Q

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