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As seen in pictures Great shape no chips or cracks plate is about 12” across
Silverware is glued to plate You can remove
2 pieces stamped w.c.g.h. Wayne County General Hospital which was the asylums name at one time also
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Eloise Vintage INSANE ASYLUM Michigan creamer cafeteria restaurant ware RARE old
It was the largest asylum in the country, the first to perform lobotomies. These procedures were carried out in the tunnels of the vast hospital. After it closed, in rooms off the tunnels were found vials containing bits of brains from the lobotomies, and the study of the brain.
In 1839 Michigan’s Wayne County purchased 1000 acres of land for $800 in what was then Nankin Township (later renamed Westland).The site was chosen because it was far away from the city. On it they built the Wayne County Poorhouse. The first patient, Bridget Hughes, was 16 when she was admitted in 1842; she died there in 1895.
It became dumping grounds for people whose families couldn’t or wouldn’t take care of them, and for the vagrants, vagabonds and the poor, looking for a home with food and beds.
During the 1840’s there was no distinction made between rational and mentally ill patients. Harsh restraints were used to separate the population. Patients of all ages, sex, indigents and the rational were all kept huddled together. The mentally ill were housed on the second floor of a building used to hold pigs. For the first few years, people in the surrounding areas complained about hearing the roaring and shrieking cries of despair that was in discord with the squealing pigs.
