The 1874 Diary of Providence Reform School Inmate No. 2067: Dr. William Lincoln Bates of Jamestown, RI - Softcover

Maden, Sue; Enright, Rosemary

9780578502540: The 1874 Diary of Providence Reform School Inmate No. 2067: Dr. William Lincoln Bates of Jamestown, RI

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ISBN 10: 0578502542 ISBN 13: 9780578502540

Publisher: Jamestown Historical Society, 2019

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William Henry Carr was born in 1855 into Rhode Island’s historic Carr family. His father was declared insane when William was three; his mother died when he was four. His father’s aunt Hannah and her husband John Bates adopted the child and changed his name to William Lincoln Bates. With such a troubled childhood, it is not surprising that at the age of 17, Bates stole some money, was caught, and was sent to reform school. In his second year in reform school in 1874, Bates kept a diary - the only known diary written by an inmate of a penal institution. The diary records the day-to-day happenings at the school as seen through the eyes of a model inmate and is transcribed in its entirety. Thirteen years after his release from the school, Bates took up the study of electrotherapy. From 1893 until his death in 1932 he was medical director of Dr. Bates' Sanitarium, first in Providence and then in Jamestown, Rhode Island. Under his direction, electrotherapy and other non-traditional methods were used to improve health. His success in overcoming his difficult beginnings is recounted.

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