Biennial Report

<p>This is Volume 15 of the Biennial Report documenting the activities and administration of the Iowa State Hospital in Mount Pleasant along with information related to the Iowa Hospital for Inebriates. It provides a valuable historical record of institutional care mental health treatment and social welfare efforts in Iowa during the period covered. Researchers and historians interested in the history of medicine public health and social services will find this report a useful primary source. The report offers insights into the challenges and approaches to mental health care and substance abuse treatment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>