Cathy Turner, the historical tour guide for the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, is shadowed by the bright sunlight coming in from the window at the end of one of the hospital’s wards. The Weston facility was built under the Kirkbride Plan, which held that sunlight and fresh air were good treatments for mental illness.
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