In the mid-nineteenth century, DorotheaDix began to campaign for humane treatment of the mentally ill.
在19世纪中叶,多罗西娅·迪克斯发起了为精神病患者争取人道待遇的运动。
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St. Elizabeths hospital, first proposed by DorotheaDix and built before the Civil War, opened a 292-bed facility on the hospital grounds overlooking the Anacostia River in Washington, d.c..