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

Published Havertown : Pen and Sword, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (219 pages) 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Mentally ill -- Care -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Mentally ill -- Great Britain -- Social conditions Mentally ill women. Mentally Ill Persons History, 19th Century mentally ill. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Mentally ill -- Care Mentally ill -- Social conditions Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Burt, John R. F ISBN 9781473879058 1473879051 1473879043 9781473879041

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