Excerpt from Eighth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Temporary Asylum for the Chronic Insane at Worcester, for the Year Ending September 30, 1885
The Trustees of the Worcester Lunatic Hospital, acting for the Temporary Asylum forthe Chronic Insane, respect~ fully submit their eighth annual report.
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