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The trade in lunacy

a study of private madhouses in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

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An edition of The trade in lunacy (1971)

The trade in lunacy

a study of private madhouses in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

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An historical overview of privately owned mental health institutions in England and Wales between the seventeenth century and the 1970s. This in depth study combines historic reports, statistics, and other important artifacts to provide a clear picture of the successes and failures of such institutions. A number of manuscripts and historic plates are provided for reference in an extensive database of resources and their origins.

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Routledge and K. Paul
Language
English
Pages
361

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Subjects
Mentally ill, England, Psychiatric hospitals, Institutional care, Care, History, asylum, mental hospital, mental ward, hospital, historical medicine, medicine, medical history, psych, sanitarium, madhouse, lunatic asylum, lunacy, mental health treatment, private hospital, Commitment of Mentally Ill, Mental Disorders, Mentally ill, great britain, Mentally ill, care
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Great Britain, England
Times
Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, 1970, 1700-1970

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The trade in lunacy: a study of private madhouses in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
1972, Routledge and K. Paul
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Trade in Lunacy: A Study of Private Madhouses in England in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
1971, Routledge & Kegan Paul, Limited
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Bibliography: p. 331-345.

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Studies in social history

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.2/1/0942
Library of Congress
RC450.G7 P37 1971

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Pagination
xviii, 361, [8] p.
Number of pages
361

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OL5323209M
ISBN 10
0710070519
LCCN
72175878
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1845119
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2350351

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A private madhouse can be defined as a privately owned establishment for the reception and care of insane persons, conducted as a business for the personal profit of the proprietor or proprietors.
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