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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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  • 2 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading

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

Places

Great Britain, England

Times

Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, 1970, 1700-1970
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Cover of: The trade in lunacy
The trade in lunacy: a study of private madhouses in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
1972, Routledge and K. Paul
in English
Cover of: The trade in lunacy
The trade in lunacy: a study of private madhouses in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
1971, Routledge and K. Paul
in English
Cover of: Trade in Lunacy
Trade in Lunacy: A Study of Private Madhouses in England in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
1971, Routledge & Kegan Paul, Limited
in English
Cover of: The trade in lunacy
The trade in lunacy: a study of private madhouses in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Page xv
Abbreviations
Page xvii
Chapter 1. Introduction
Page 1
Chapter 2. The 'Trade in Lunacy' in its Historical and Legal Perspective
Page 6
Chapter 3. The Madhouse System: The Range and Development of its Provisions
Page 29
Chapter 4. The Private Madhouse Proprietor
Page 74
Chapter 5. Some Contemporary Descriptions of Nineteenth-Century Private Licensed Houses
Page 96
Chapter 6. The Private Licensed Houses at Hook Norton and Witney
Page 128
Chapter 7. Aspects of the Care of the Insane in Private Madhouses and the Outcome of Treatment
Page 168
Chapter 8. The Principal Abuses and Defects of the Private-Madhouse System: A Review of the Evidence
Page 221
Chapter 9. Summary and Conclusion
Page 281
Appendix. 293
Bibliography.
Page 331
Index of Private Madhouses.
Page 347
General Index.
Page 352

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 331-345.

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London, England
Series
Studies in social history
Copyright Date
1972

Classifications

Library of Congress
RC450.G7 P37 1971

Contributors

Editor
Harold Perkin

The Physical Object

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

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OL15095849M
Internet Archive
tradeinlunacystu0000parr
ISBN 10
0710070519
LCCN
72175878
OCLC/WorldCat
377942
Library Thing
1845119
Goodreads
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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