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  • Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Eighteenth-Century Theory; 2 Eighteenth-Century Practice; 3 The Growth of Public Concern; 4 Experiments in Treatment; 5 The Foundation of County Asylums; 6 The Select Committees of 1815-16; 7 The Reform Movement, 1815-27; 8 The Metropolitan Commissioners; 9 Local and Departmental Developments, 1832-42; 10 Ashley and the Achievement of Reform; Epilogue; Appendices; Criminal Lunatics; Chancery Lunatics; The Incidence of Insanity; Bibliography; Index.