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FEB/MAR/APRIL 2004
VOLUME 2 / NUMBER 2
IN THIS ISSUE: AN APPLE A DAY

A Home for Throwaways

Preventing the Dreaded Smallpox

Rehab of Tramps and Drunkards

The Curative Power of a Cold Shower

On the cover:
An excerpt from the Hippocratic Oath, one of the oldest binding documents in history. Written in antiquity, most graduating medical-school students swear to a modernized version.

Contents
pg 7	Letter from the Publisher: Taking a Ride Down the Hog River. By Elizabeth J. Normen
pg 8	Letters, etc.
pg 11	Had Too Much: Understanding Homelessness in 1890s Hartford. By Scott L. Wands
pg 20	Connecticut Children’s Medical Center: Once the Home for “Incurables.” By Barbara Donahue
pg 26	The Beechers Take the Water Cure. By Dawn C. Adiletta
pg 32	Fighting Smallpox at Hospital Rock. By Charles Leach, M.D.
pg 38	Shoebox Archives President-elect Taft put his best foot forward.
pg 40	re: Collections A well-stocked saddlebag for the doctor on horseback. By H. David Crombie, M.D.
pg 42	Destination: Institute of Living From pastoral surroundings to electroshock therapy, a permanent exhibit explores the history of mental healthcare. By Cynthia Cormier
pg 44	Afterword The Emancipation Proclamation comes to Hartford, Prudence Crandall Museum update, and more.