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Civil War PTSD
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Dr Charles H. Nichols was the first superintendent of a hospital created for the treatment of PTSD and other conditions, during the Civil War.

Dorothea Dix was a leading light behind the creation of St Elizabeth's Hospital a place for the “enlightened curative treatment of the insane of the Army, Navy, and District of Columbia.”

Dr. Nichols was appointed to be superintendent of the hospital by President Millard Fillmore in 1852. During the Civil War, he and other male members of the staff would ride out to the nearby battlefields and treat patients, bringing them back to the hospital when possible. those who did not survive (Union and Confederate) are buried on the hospital grounds.

Dr Nichols served as superintendent of St Elizabeths' until 1877.

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Brady-Handy Photograph Collection
Date & Place: in Washington DC, District Of Columbia USA
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Nichols, Charles (Oct 6, 1930 - Mar 18, 2004) Nichols, Charles (Dec 23, 1943 - Oct 22, 2003) Nichols, Charles (Aug 8, 1925 - Jul 20, 1974) Nichols, Charles (Apr 13, 1977 - Apr 13, 1977) Nichols, Charles (Jul 22, 1925 - Oct 2, 1975) Nichols, Charles (Nov 15, 1915 - Apr 22, 1944) Nichols, Charles (Jun 12, 1914 - Dec 26, 1966) Nichols, Charles (Nov 10, 1933 - Aug 27, 1965) Nichols, Charles (Dec 12, 1917 - Jan 8, 1986) Nichols, Charles (Jul 9, 1911 - Jun 29, 1975)

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Nichols, Joel (Born Sep 9, 1831) Nichols, Epps (Born Oct 21, 1885) Nichols, Eula (Born Sep 16, 1896) Nichols, Henry (Born Jul 8, 1842) Nichols, William (Born Sep 3, 1903) Nichols, Richard (Born Sep 6, 1905) Nichols, Lydia (Born Jan 21, 1899) Nichols, Claudie (Born Oct 31, 1894) Nichols, Ada Nancy (Born Nov 4, 1896) Nichols, Myrtle (Born Nov 30, 1892)
Nichols, Charley (Born Jan 31, 1869) Nichols, Margaret (Born Feb 21, 1874) Day, Mildred (Born Jan 29, 1909) Nichols, Nancy (Born Dec 6, 1875) Ling, Mollie (Born Dec 27, 1901) Nichols, Mary Ann Nichols, Edwin (Born Jan 3, 1909) Nichols, Roy (Jul 15, 1896 - Sep 30, 1974) Nichols, Otto (Dec 11, 1906 - Jun 1981) Nichols, Julia (Born Oct 2, 1878)
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