Indiana Medical History Museum (Amphitheater)
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Alternate view of the Amphitheater/Lecture Hall
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Indiana Medical History Museum
Early History: 1840’s-1900’s
Two and a half miles west of downtown sits the site of Central State Hospital, Indiana’s first hospital for the mentally ill. The term “hospital” rather than “asylum” signaled the institution’s intent to cure patients…