may 11, 1751 - First Asylum Opened
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The Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia opened equipped with rooms to house mentally ill patients. The "Pennsylvania Asylum for the Insane" was unlike other asylums because it prided itself in offering more "humane" treatment than other asylums where patients were often kept chained, in crowded, unsanitary wards, with barely any treatment. Patients at this asylum stayed in private rooms, received treatment, worked outdoors and participated in recreational activities.
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