Of all the calamities to which humanity is subject, none is so dreadful as insanity. ... All experience shows that insanity seasonably treated is as certainly curable as a cold or a fever.
Brains are still unfashionable for women to wear, and it has always been proof of women's superiority that the more intelligent a man is, the more wo… - Dorothea Dix
Brains are still unfashionable for women to wear, and it has always been proof of women's superiority that the more intelligent a man is, the more wo…
- Dorothea Dix
[To a woman who claimed she'd rather be dead than unconfined and unfashionable:] My dear, if you continue to lace as tightly as you do now, you will … - Dorothea Dix
[To a woman who claimed she'd rather be dead than unconfined and unfashionable:] My dear, if you continue to lace as tightly as you do now, you will …
Every evil has its good, and every ill an antidote. - Dorothea Dix
Every evil has its good, and every ill an antidote.
I proceed, gentlemen, to call your attention to the present state of insane persons confined within the commonwealth; in cages, closets, cellars, sta… - Dorothea Dix
I proceed, gentlemen, to call your attention to the present state of insane persons confined within the commonwealth; in cages, closets, cellars, sta…
I think even lying on my bed I can still do something. - Dorothea Dix
I think even lying on my bed I can still do something.
Of all the calamities to which humanity is subject, none is so dreadful as insanity. ... All experience shows that insanity seasonably treated is as … - Dorothea Dix
Of all the calamities to which humanity is subject, none is so dreadful as insanity. ... All experience shows that insanity seasonably treated is as …
Society, during the last hundred years, has been alternately perplexed and encouraged, respecting the two great questions -how shall the criminal and… - Dorothea Dix
Society, during the last hundred years, has been alternately perplexed and encouraged, respecting the two great questions -how shall the criminal and…
Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his char… - Dorothea Dix
Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his char…
Be of good cheer, for sadness cannot heal the national wounds. - Dorothea Dix
Be of good cheer, for sadness cannot heal the national wounds.
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