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"Idiot Asylum, Earlswood, Nr. Reigate".
"Circa 1850's, a victorian model asylum, The Royal Earlswood Hospital Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles. The first medical director was Dr. John Langdon Down; he identified Downs Syndrome. 1855-1997."

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