Philippe Pinel played a large role in the ethical and humane treatment of patients and greatly influenced Dorothea Dix.
Due to advocacy from Dorothea Dix, on March 8, 1882 the Mississippi State Legislature passed legislation establishing the East Mississippi State Insane Asylum.
Fort Dix | Otto Dix | Dorothea Jordan | John Alden Dix | Hermann and Dorothea | Dorothea Mackellar | Dorothea Dix | Dix's Grant, New Hampshire | Dix's Grant | Walter Dix | Princess Dorothea of Courland | Moi dix Mois | John Adams Dix | Dorothea von Schlegel | Dorothea Röschmann | Dorothea Lasky | Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp | Dorothea | Bill Dix | William S. Dix | Théâtre de Dix-Heures | Susan Dorothea White | Marion Dix Sullivan | Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) | Maria Dorothea Dunckel | John Dix Fisher | Governador Dix-Sept Rosado | Dorothy Dix | Dorothea von Medem | Dorothea Tanning |
Wilson is also well known for her biographies about women such as Dorothea Dix and Elizabeth Blackwell as well as Dolley Madison and Martha Washington.
Among the notables who served as nurses or medical assistants were poet Walt Whitman, American Red Cross founder Clara Barton, and Dorothea Dix.