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Название: A History of London County Lunatic Asylums & Mental Hospitals Автор: Ed Brandon Издательство: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1399008730 Год: 2022 Формат: True PDF Страниц: 226 Размер: 15,2 МБ Язык: Английский
From the Middle-Ages onwards, London’s notorious Bedlam lunatic hospital saw the city’s ‘mad’ locked away in dank cells, neglected and abused and without any real cure and little comfort. The unprecedented growth of the metropolis after the Industrial Revolution saw a perceived ‘epidemic’ of madness take hold, with ‘county asylums’ seen by those in power as the most humane or cost-effective way to offer the mass confinement and treatment believed necessary.
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A History of London County Lunatic Asylums & Mental Hospitals 
