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| Title: | Christmas In Purgatory, Page 32 | |
| From: | Christmas In Purgatory: A Photographic Essay On Mental Retardation | |
| Original caption: | "I saw patients naked, with rags or nothing more than straw to protect them against the cold, damp weather. I saw how in their wretched state they were deprived of fresh air to breathe, of water to quench their thirst, and of the basic necessities of life. I saw them turned over for safe keeping to brutal jailers. I saw them chained in damp, cramped holes without light or air; people would be ashamed to keep in such places the wild animals that are cared for at great expense in our large cities. This is what I observed almost everywhere in France, and that is how the mentally ill are treated almost everywhere in Europe." Esquirol, 1818 | |
| Creator: | Burton Blatt and Fred Kaplan (photographer) | |
| Date: | 1974 | |
| Source: | Available at selected libraries |
