"The Directory is a result of museum research into the history of early almhouses, hospitals, institutions, and schools. Most of the terms were early practitioners' attempts to clarify and identify the nature and causes of diseases and deviations in human behavior. As you read the directory, it is easily seen that, historically, yesterday's diagnosis can, a few generations later, become negative and enter everyday language."-- Book cover.
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"The Directory is a result of museum research into the history of early almhouses, hospitals, institutions, and schools. Most of the terms were early practitioners' attempts to clarify and identify the nature and causes of diseases and deviations in human behavior. As you read the directory, it is easily seen that, historically, yesterday's diagnosis can, a few generations later, become negative and enter everyday language."-- Book cover.
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