Managing madness : discourse and day-to-day practice in English public lunatic institutions founded up to 1765

Published histories of madness have commonly cited inhumane practices in early English menial institutions as a negative baseline for judging subsequent management of lunacy, though adequate primary research on these institutions has been lacking, This raises the questions, pursued in this research...

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Main Author: Wycherley, Robert Jeffrey
Published: University of Brighton 2013
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608305