A Psychiatric Milestone: Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921

Chapter 5

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OCCUPATIONAL-RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Men's Crafts Women's Crafts Men's Sports Women's Sports

Maypole Dance

Supplementing the general medical work, the therapeutic value of organized occupational and recreational activities is gaining increasing recognition. Those arts and crafts lending themselves to graphic presentation are here selected: dyeing, weaving, spinning, basketry, caning, modelling, painting, pottery, metal work, net making, gardening, etc.: and similarly, in the recreative activities, tennis, golf, hockey, baseball, croquet, bowling, skiing, and skating. A Maypole dance closes the scene.

Music: Orchestra "Boccherina" "Henry VIII, Maypole Dance"