Lunatics, Imbeciles and Idiots : a History of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Britain and Ireland.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burtinshaw, Kathryn
Other Authors: Burt, John R. F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Havertown : Pen and Sword, 2017.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Mentally ill > Care > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Mentally ill > Great Britain > Social conditions.
Mentally ill women.
Mentally Ill Persons
History, 19th Century
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale > Soins > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale.
mentally ill.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Mentally ill > Care
Mentally ill > Social conditions
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Lunatic Ancestors; Chapter 2 The Pre-Nineteenth Century Setting; Chapter 3 Lunacy Legislation in Great Britain and Ireland; Chapter 4 English Asylums in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 5 Welsh Asylums in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 6 Scottish Asylums in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 7 Irish Asylums in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 8 The Channel Islands; Chapter 9 The Isle of Man; Chapter 10 Life in the Asylum; Chapter 11 Asylum Staff; Chapter 12 The Criminal Lunatic; Chapter 13 Imbeciles and Idiots.
  • Chapter 14 EpilepsyChapter 15 General Paralysis of the Insane (GPI); Chapter 16 Puerperal Insanity; Chapter 17 Suicide; Chapter 18 Diagnoses and Causes; Chapter 19 Treatments; Chapter 20 Biographies; Glossary; Bibliography.

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