1846.16
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Base Ball as Therapy in MA?
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Ball in the CultureBall in the Culture |
| Location | MassachusettsMassachusetts |
| City/State/Country: | Worcester, MA, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | According to the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, when "useful labor" wasn't possible for inmates, the remedies list: "chess, cards, backgammon, rolling balls, jumping the rope, etc., are in-door games; and base-ball, pitching quoits, walking and riding, are out-door amusements."
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| Sources | Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, December 1846. Posted to 19CBB on 11/1/2007 by Richard Hershberger. |
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| Query | Was "base-ball" a common term in MA then? Edit with form to add a query |
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1846.16 Base Ball as Therapy in MA?"
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