Below you will find a link to an article in the New York Times from March 26, 1880 titled "Out of an Insane Asylum." This article provides a graphic first hand account of the brutal conditions that those suffering from mental illness had to endure at asylums.
Student's will need to be told what an "Oddfellow" is in the context of this patient's account.
New York Times Article
Article from http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9402E1DE1F31EE3ABC4E51DFB566838B699FDE
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