Mendota State Hospital | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Mendota State Hospital

Mendota State Hospital | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Mendota State Hospital student volunteers shown assisting Dr. Adolf Soucek give a patient electric shock treatment. The University of Wisconsin students are, left to right, Lucille Schultz from Manitowoc, Virginia Theller from Monroe, and Ann Lahey from Two Rivers. Miriam Jespersen from Sycamore, a Beloit College student, is next to the doctor. (Mendota Mental Health Institute)
DESCRIPTION
Mendota State Hospital student volunteers shown assisting Dr. Adolf Soucek give a patient electric shock treatment. The University of Wisconsin students are, left to right, Lucille Schultz from Manitowoc, Virginia Theller from Monroe, and Ann Lahey from Two Rivers. Miriam Jespersen from Sycamore, a Beloit College student, is next to the doctor. (Mendota Mental Health Institute)
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:54020
Creation Date: 08 11 1948
Creator Name:Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
City:Madison
County:Dane
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:negative, color copy
Original Format Number:PH 6442.1861B
Original Dimensions:5 x 4 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
One of four images. Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on August 17, 1948.
SUBJECTS
Clothing and dress
Uniforms
Students
Patients
Physicians
Psychiatric hospitals
Therapy
Indoor photography

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