"In 1914 Jack London immortalized The Sonoma State Home for the Feeble Minded in his short story, 'Told in the Drooling Ward'. Fifty-six years later, though the name of the institution has changed and the patients are no longer called feebs and droolers, the drooling wards are still there, and a young trainee finds himself in a world where '...looking the other way and keeping your mouth shut was simply understood.'"--Page 4 of cover.