Dr. Edenharter's Dream: How Science Improved the Humane Care of the Mentally Ill in Indiana 1896¿2012

In 1896 a pioneering superintendent of the Central Indiana Asylum for the Insane established a state-of-the-art facility with a mission not really common in the19th century. Dr. George Edenharter planned, raised funds for and built the Pathological Department on the grounds of the asylum and began using the methods of science to try to help inmates—or possibly cure them. A new book by two leading Indiana psychiatrists explores the history of science in the Hoosier state to help the mentally ill. Dr. Edenharter's Dream: How Science Improved the Humane Care of the Mentally Ill in Indiana 1896-2012 by Dr. Lucy Jane King and Dr. Alan Schmetzer explores more than a century of care and science through facilities, experimentation and the work of specific researchers.