Joseph Edward Turner, M.D.
Joseph Edward Turner, M.D.
1822 – 1889
Founder And Medical Superintendent
Of The First Inebriate Asylum
In The World At Binghampton N.Y.
1858 – 1866
The First Physician
To Put Unto Practical Operation
The Treatment Of Inebriety
As A Disease
By The Methods He Instituted
Thousands Have Been Redeemed
Humanity Blessed
The Principles Of Christianity Advanced
To Perpetuate His Memory
And Mark His Resting Place
This Stone Is Erected
By The
American Medical Society
For The Study Of Alcohol And Other Narcotics
A.D. 1909
"The Memory Of The Just Is Blessed"
Marker can be reached from Ridgefield Road (Connecticut Route 33) 0.2 miles north of Belden Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
