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1. I found the link between the Enlightenment and the establishment of Asylums to be quite interesting. Although I had not considered it before, it does make sense. The increased interest in secular and logical views helped to develop the beginnings of modern medicine. There was, however, a retaining of religious thought in the form of religious asylums established in the Northeast. I find it interesting that these two worlds- religious/spiritual and logic and reason- found a way to coexist in the form of Asylums, at least for a time. What justifications did the asylum creators/supervisors have for retaining the “religious” part of the asylum network in the Northeast, and how did their views differ from their counterparts in other regions as asylum networks spread across the country? - Evan
2. The establishment of asylums for the mentally ill were done away from population centers, however they became population centers in a sense by virtue of their existence away from cities. In what ways were these areas selected? Did asylum planners buy out farmers land and develop it? - Evan