Author: William GilbertPublisher:
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Category : Asylums
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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The Monomaniac: Or, Shirley Hall Asylum
Author: William GilbertPublisher:
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Category : Asylums
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Shirley Hall Asylum: Or, The Memoirs of a Monomaniac
Author: Shirley Hall AsylumShirley hall asylum; or, The memoirs of a monomaniac, ed. [really written] by the author of 'Dives and Lazarus'. By W. Gilbert
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Author: William GilbertShirley Hall Asylum
Author: William GilbertPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382104083
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
A Mad People’s History of Madness
Author: Dale PetersonPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822974258
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A man desperately tries to keep his pact with the Devil, a woman is imprisoned in an insane asylum by her husband because of religious differences, and, on the testimony of a mere stranger, "a London citizen" is sentenced to a private madhouse. This anthology of writings by mad and allegedly mad people is a comprehensive overview of the history of mental illness for the past five hundred years-from the viewpoint of the patients themselves.Dale Peterson has compiled twenty-seven selections dating from 1436 through 1976. He prefaces each excerpt with biographical information about the writer. Peterson's running commentary explains the national differences in mental health care and the historical changes that have take place in symptoms and treatment. He traces the development of the private madhouse system in England and the state-run asylum system in the United States. Included is the first comprehensive bibliography of writings by the mentally ill.
Dracula for Doctors
Author: Fiona SubotskyPublisher: RCPsych Publications
ISBN: 1108774180
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Exploring how medicine and psychiatry are portrayed in gothic literature, this engaging book illustrates how Stoker's famous work was influenced by nineteenth-century attitudes to disease and medicine and reveals many previously unknown links. Extracts from many sensational stories of the time are presented, and the role of doctors and their appearance and contribution to gothic fiction is investigated. The book covers topics such as asylums, their purpose, practice and patients, deadly diseases echoing the symptoms of vampirism, and the otherworldly allure of the undead. Dracula for Doctors is an entertaining and informative examination of how Victorian medical knowledge and culture informed Stoker's gothic masterpiece. This book suggests that Stoker, who had many medical connections, was able to link lurid stories of operations and asylums with fictional horror and suspense. Fans of gothic literature, as well as those of medical history and the supernatural, will find this an enjoyable read.
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