Welcome to the last stop of Season 2! Thank you so much for joining us on this ride. 

Today, Ashley and Sara will be discussing Nellie Bly, an American journalist who went undercover to one of New York’s most notorious mental health asylums, the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island, in 1887. The subsequent expose of her 10-day ordeal, called “Ten Days in a Mad-House” provided a first-hand account of the deplorable conditions and treatment of patient’s at the asylum leading to important healthcare changes. 

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Books:

Bly, N. (2017). Ten Days in a mad-house: Illustrated and annotated: A first-hand account of life at Bellevue Hospital on Blackwell’s Island in 1887. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 

Articles:

National Women’s History Museum- Nellie Bly, by Arlisha R. Norwood

The Biography.com website- Nellie Bly - Story, Timeline & Facts, by Biography.com Editors

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Happy New Year! Thank you for being a part of our journey this year. We are looking forward to sharing more medical misadventures with you in 2024. 

Today Sara and Ashley discuss the deadliest fire in Boston’s history and how its aftermath influenced the way hospitals treat burn victims and respond to mass casualties.

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Books:

Pletcher, L. (2017). Massachusetts Disasters: True Stories of Tragedy and Survival. Globe Pequot.

Articles:

Bench Press- How the Cocoanut Grove Fire Changed Burn Care at Mass General and Beyond, by Andrew Glyman

Academic Articles:

Saffle JR. The 1942 fire at Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub. Am J Surg. 1993 Dec;166(6):581-91. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9610(05)80661-0. PMID: 8273835.

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Welcome to the conclusion of our discussion of Dr. Harry Bailey and his controversial practice of deep sleep therapy.

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Books:

Ramsland, K.M. (2007). Inside the Minds of Healthcare Serial Killers: Why They Kill. Praeger Publishers.

Articles:

Australian Dictionary of Biography: Harry Richard Bailey, by Stephen Garton

Wikipedia: Sodium Bromide

Mayo Clinic: Drugs and Supplements: Barbiturate

WebMD: Barbiturate Misuse, by WebMD Editorial Contributors

Scientific American: What Is A Medically Induced Coma and Why Is It Used?, by David Biello

Mad In America: Deep Sleep “Therapy” in Australia in 1960s & ‘70s: Could Something Like This Happen Today?, by Phillip Hickey, Ph.D., August 27, 2020

Youtube Videos:

John Edginton Documentaries: Deep Sleep: Killer Doctor’s ‘Experimental’ Treatment

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