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Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction 3
  4. Soundbar 7
  5. 1927 8
  6. 1928 12
  7. Do Not Say that You did not know 1960 15
  8. Williston 1971 : Failure & Inhumanity 16
  9. A Better Chance of Prevailin’ 17
  10. The Government Knew : They did Nothing 18
  11. Asylum 19
  12. 35 Million $ 20
  13. 3 Kilometres Away 22
  14. The Constitution Of Subjects 23
  15. Act Normal : A Charm 25
  16. Beauty at the Proper Distance \ In Song 27
  17. Listenin’ Over a Distance 28
  18. Lake Simcoe 29
  19. The Lonely Laws ] hmmm [ 30
  20. Nasty 32
  21. Do you Know why you’re here 33
  22. Lithics 35
  23. Escape 36
  24. Unspeakable : Words 38
  25. & What if you Cannot 43
  26. Raven 1952 45
  27. If you Want to Know More 46
  28. Uncalculable 47
  29. Some Kind of Astronaut 49
  30. Prevention & Correction 51
  31. Radford Writes 53
  32. Their Fear Intends a Future Barren of 54
  33. Apology (Under Erasure) 55
  34. The Gravity Of Carrots 57
  35. Rct 58
  36. What is Left 59
  37. The Lighting of the Wards 61
  38. To Fail More Fully 63
  39. The Lack of an Absolute 64
  40. ] That the After me is Uncertain is Certain [ 65
  41. A Distance to Ease the Lonely 66
  42. The Writin’ Of Happy Begins : What i can & Cannot 67
  43. The Buildin’S Not the Cure 68
  44. Matters of Care 70
  45. You are Just ] For Those who Were & are [ 71
  46. Consent to Investigation Treatment or Operative Procedure 73
  47. A Threat Had to Exist in Order to Expand & Sustain the Institution 74
  48. There is ] Must be [ Evidence : An “Inquiry Into the Adequacy of Care” 1848 75
  49. The Weight of Disregard 76
  50. A Complete Severin 78
  51. Redact Ed : Sti Gmata of Degeneracy 79
  52. Systematic Action of a Will Upon Another in View of its Improvement 81
  53. In its Statement of Defence, the Province Denied that Any Abuse or Mistreatment Happened at the Institution 82
  54. Properly Applied Sterilization will be of Great Benefit to Humanity 84
  55. Something your Mother Crocheted \ Held Next to Skin \ 85
  56. Notes 87
  57. Select Bibliography 89
  58. With Gratitude 91
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