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Attending madness : at work in the Australian colonial asylum /
'He is what we would call a very good attendant, who would not run away or flinch from any patient, but would try to have his orders carried out if possible'. Such was the view of William Coady, attendant to the insane in the British settler colony of Victoria, Australia in the 1870s. This...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2008.
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| Colección: | Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ;
84. Wellcome series in the history of medicine. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 'An Asylum for the Safe Custod yand Proper Treatment of the Insane'; 2 'A Proper Man to Have Charge of Lunatics'; 3 'We Have Always Conducted Ourselves Independently'; 4 Artisans of Reason; 5 Proper Instructions: Excellent Attendants; 6 'A Different Class of Attendants'; 7 'You Have to be Firm and Determined with Them'; 8 'Some of Us are Married Men and Have Families'; 9 'I Would Not Give an Ounce of Practical Experience for a Pound of Theory'; Select Bibliography; Index.