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jan 10, 1793 - Mentally Ill Unchained

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Phillipe Pinel, a physician at La Bicetre, an asylum in Paris, removes the chains attached to people with mental illnesses. Some have been chained to walls for more than 30 years.

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jan 10, 1793
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~ 233 years ago