Tag: histmental 2021 – Week #2
The Grob text mentions Ben Franklin’s colony-wide fund raising effort for a Philadelphia mental hospital ( pg. 19). Franklin was convinced that proper treatment could restore the mentally ill to proper health. Franklin was a student of the Enlightenment who would be called a “social justice warrior” in today’s society. Here’s a link to the PBS website that provides some solid and easy to comprehend facts about one of our most interesting founding fathers:
http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_inquiring_medical.html
