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1. Insanity and the Lunatic Asylum in the Nineteenth Century

Author

Thomas Knowles, Serena Trowbridge, Thomas Knowles, and Serena Trowbridge

Subjects
Psychiatric hospitals--History--19th century, Psychiatric hospital care--History--19th century, Mentally ill--Institutional care--History--19th century, People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--History--19th century, Mentally ill in literature, Psychiatric hospitals in literature
Abstract

The nineteenth-century asylum was the scene of both terrible abuses and significant advancements in treatment and care. The essays in this collection look at the asylum from the perspective of the place itself – its architecture, funding and purpose – and at the experience of those who were sent there.

Published
2014

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