Information on Long Island, New York state hospitals and how they were served by the Long Island Railroad.

A history with references by Charles Savona-Ventura. Covers civil and military, midwifery, naval and seaman's hospitals and hospices for the elderly.

Extensive site concerning the history of poorhouses.

Illustrated article by Mary Bailey from Detroit News on the history of the Eloise hospital near Detroit, Michigan.

The Australian Science Academy Project explains its creation of a museum to document the history of this 19th-century former asylum in Victoria. Includes an illustrated history by Daniel Cass.

Page at a genealogy site with information on the founding of this institution.

History of this central New York State institution for the mentally ill located in Utica.

Historic postcard images of the hospitals, asylum, and poor farm in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Photo gallery by Dave Halbeck depicting disused Illinois asylum.

History of Newark, New York institution for the developmentally disabled, with historic postcard image.