Snapshot · Conspiracy Theories
The Allan Memorial Institute opened in Montreal in 1943, founded with idealistic goals of compassionate, state-of-the-art psychiatric care backed by the Rockefeller family.
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Founded in 1943 with Rockefeller backing, the Allan Memorial Institute was supposed to revolutionise psychiatric care. Within a decade it was a world leader — but only because the world didn't know what was really happening inside.
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