Bedlam
London and its mad
by Catharine Arnold
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Catharine Arnold takes us on a tour of Bedlam and examines London's attitude to madness along the way. We travel through the ages, from the barbaric exorcisms' of the medieval period to the Tudor belief that a roast mouse, eaten whole, was the cure. We see the reforming zeal of eighteenth century campaigners and the development of the massive Victorian asylums. This was the era of the private madhouse, run bytraders in lunacy' who asked no questions and locked up insane and sane alike at the behest of greedy relatives. But it was also the age of the determined reformers who eventually made their way into Bedlam and exposed conditions of terrible deprivation and brutality.
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Mental Health Services, History, Psychiatric Hospitals, History, Modern 1601-, Medieval History, History, Early Modern 1451-1600, Mentally Ill Persons, Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England), Mentally ill, care, Hospital care, great britain, Hospitals, great britain, London (england), history| Edition | Availability |
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Bedlam: London and its mad
2009, Pocket, Simon & Schuster, Limited
in English
1847390005 9781847390004
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Originally published: London : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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