Soule Bradley, Soule Jennifer
Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV, USA.
S D J Med. 2003 Jan;56(1):15-8.
From 1903 to 1933, the Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians housed hundreds of inmates in Canton, SD. It closed in 1933 in a cloud of scandal and controversy. Death certificate data from deceased inmates were analyzed for diagnostic cause of death and for age. These findings were compared to a sample of non-Asylum adult deaths for the same years in the same county. The inmates died younger (average age-42), and of tuberculosis (63 of 182 deaths). The historical import of this is discussed.
1903年至1933年期间，位于南达科他州坎顿市的海华沙印第安疯人院收容了数百名患者。该疯人院于1933年在一片丑闻和争议声中关闭。对已故患者的死亡证明数据进行了分析，以确定诊断性死因和年龄。这些结果与同一年同一县内非疯人院成年死亡样本进行了比较。患者死亡时年龄较小（平均年龄42岁），死因多为肺结核（182例死亡中有63例）。本文讨论了这一情况的历史意义。
