"1800 - 1899" . . "Hospitals, Psychiatric history Wisconsin Biography." . . "Physicians" . . "Businessmen Wisconsin Biography." . . "Psychiatric hospitals" . . "History, 19th Century Wisconsin Biography." . . "Médecins Wisconsin Biographies." . . "MEDICAL Mental Health." . . "Psychiatric hospitals Wisconsin History 19th century." . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Social Scientists & Psychologists." . . "Hommes d'affaires Wisconsin Biographies." . . "Physicians Wisconsin Biography." . . "PSYCHOLOGY Mental Illness." . . "Businessmen" . . . "Biography" . "Biography"@en . . . . . . . . . . "History" . "History"@en . "In 1847, young Dr. Abraham Van Norstrand left Vermont to seek his fortune in the West, but in Wisconsin his business ventures failed, and a medical practice among hard-up settlers added little to his pocketbook. During the Civil War he organized and ran one of the army's biggest hospitals but resigned when dark rumors surfaced about him. Back home, he accepted with mixed feelings the one prestigious position available to him: superintendent of the state's first hospital for the insane. Van Norstrand was a newcomer to the so-called \"Hospital Movement,\" perhaps th."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "The best specimen of a tyrant the ambitious Dr. Abraham Van Norstrand and the Wisconsin Insane Hospital"@en . . "The best specimen of a tyrant the ambitious Dr. Abraham Van Norstrand and the Wisconsin Insane Hospital" . "Ressources Internet" . . . "Electronic books"@en . "The best specimen of a tyrant : the ambitious Dr. Abraham Van Norstrand and the Wisconsin Insane Hospital" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "PSYCHOLOGY Mental Health." . . "Wisconsin" . . "Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane" . . . .