Author: John Conolly
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108063330
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
This 1856 work, advocating the abolition of mechanical restraints in treating mentally ill patients, is a key text of asylum reform.
The Treatment of the Insane Without Mechanical Restraints
Author: John Conolly
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108063330
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
This 1856 work, advocating the abolition of mechanical restraints in treating mentally ill patients, is a key text of asylum reform.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108063330
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
This 1856 work, advocating the abolition of mechanical restraints in treating mentally ill patients, is a key text of asylum reform.
The Treatment of the Insane Without Mechanical Restraits
Total Abolition of Personal Restraint in the Treatment of the Insane [electronic Resource]
Author: Robert Gardiner 1811-1878 Hill
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781014692108
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781014692108
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Last Asylum
Author: Barbara Taylor
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022627392X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
In the late 1970s, Barbara Taylor, then an acclaimed young historian, began to suffer from severe anxiety. In the years that followed, Taylor's world contracted around her illness. Eventually, she was admitted to what had once been England's largest psychiatric institutions, the infamous Friern Mental Hospital in London
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022627392X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
In the late 1970s, Barbara Taylor, then an acclaimed young historian, began to suffer from severe anxiety. In the years that followed, Taylor's world contracted around her illness. Eventually, she was admitted to what had once been England's largest psychiatric institutions, the infamous Friern Mental Hospital in London
A Concise History of the Entire Abolition of Mechanical Restraint in the Treatment of the Insane
Author: Robert Gardiner Hill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108081746
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
This 1857 work describes reforms at Lincoln Asylum, and attempts to demonstrate the primacy of the author in this field.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108081746
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
This 1857 work describes reforms at Lincoln Asylum, and attempts to demonstrate the primacy of the author in this field.
A Concise History of the Entire Abolition of Mechanical Restraint in the Treatment of the Insane ... Together with a Reprint of a Lecture, Delivered on the Subject in the Year 1838; and Appendices, Containing an Account of the Controversies and Claims Connected Therewith
Author: Robert Gardiner Hill (F.S.A.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Herald of Health
The Mentally Ill in America - A History of Their Care and Treatment from Colonial Times
Author: Albert Deutsch
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447495268
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
This fascinating book traces the evolution of a cultural pattern as represented by the way in which people through the years have thought and felt about the so-called insane. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447495268
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
This fascinating book traces the evolution of a cultural pattern as represented by the way in which people through the years have thought and felt about the so-called insane. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
A Mad People’s History of Madness
Author: Dale Peterson
Publisher: 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.
Publisher: 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.