Peter Bryce believed in physical labor as a tool for therapy, useful in taking a patient's mind off of his or her mental condition. Patients worked at gardening and building household goods, which supplemented state financial support of the Alabama Insane Hospital.
Peter Bryce
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Courtesy of University of Alabama W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library
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