In 1931, Kansas law gave the thumbs up to castration for "habitual criminals, idiots, epileptics, imbeciles, and insane." As a result, 54 castrations took place at the Topeka State Hospital.

TOPEKA, Kan. (CN) - A Kansas state hospital was kicked out ... The hospital was founded in 1855 and for years was commonly known as the Kansas Insane Asylum. The termination came after the hospital ...

From asylum to a golden age In the early days, it wouldn’t have been surprising if a state hospital — then referred to as an “insane ... and Topeka. A fourth opened in Kansas City in the ...

An insane man who has escaped from the asylum in Topeka was running about in the yards near the Union Pacific depot, tearing clothes from the clothes-lines and looking into the houses. He had come ...