1 Comments Posted by WolffSongg

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I hate to burst anyone's bubble regarding the humane treatment of institutionalized people at the time most of these buildings were experiencing their heyday but it "was" common in this country well into the 1950s to conduct medical experiments on people who were disabled, insane, convicts and those with mental retardation. Just take a closer look at the research of early medical pioneers like Jonas Salk. It was a different time with different ideology. By the way, the photos on this site are gorgeous.