26514 0 obj <>stream The hospital, first called the Athens Lunatic Asylum, … In some cases the Mahn Center has access to only the patient number and county from which the patient was admitted. The leading cause for admittance amongst male patients of Athens Lunatic Asylum was “masturbation”. Originally named The Athens Lunatic Asylum, the institution featured grandiose buildings surrounded by elaborate landscaping with ponds, fountains, and parks. In 1978, Margaret Shilling (sometimes spelled Schilling) was a patient at the mental hospital in my Ohio town. Stories of patients and their families, politicians, caregivers, and community illustrate how a village in the coalfields of the Hocking River Valley responded to a national impulse to provide compassionate care based on a curative landscape, exposure to the arts, outdoor exercise, useful occupation, and personal attention from a physician. %PDF-1.5 %���� Built in Southeast Ohio after the Civil War, the asylum embodied the nineteenth-century “gold standard” specifications of moral treatment. a listing of the patient in the grave directory for individuals buried on the ridges. Athens Lunatic Asylum - Wikipedia. Baker University Center and Event Services, International Student and Faculty Services, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center, Vice President for Research and Creative Activity, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Institutional Review Board/Human Subjects Research, Cornelius Ryan Collection of World War II Papers, Athens City, Athens County, and Regional History, President, Office of, and University, General, Faculty, students featured on United States Department of Labor's web series for Engineering Competency Model, OHIO Athletics and Passion Works Studio Turn it Gold for National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, OUPD announces retirement of Captain Brian Kapple, OHIO Football is ready as MAC announces football return to play, OHIO students discuss socializing during the pandemic. It is through support from people like you that we are able to continue to protect the precious artifacts, photographs and documents that tell the story of our home, heritage and history. All requests should start by submitting a Mahn Center Research and San Request form, but you may need to supply additional information to gain lawful access. Athens Lunatic Asylum The Athens Lunatic Asylum was a mental hospital operational in Athens, Ohio from 1874 until 1993. If you would like to request a closed record as the closest living relative of a patient, we will ask you to complete a, If you would like to request records using documentation of the patient’s death date, we will ask you to supply one of the following as proof of, a copy of the patient’s death certificate or death record.