Title The most solitary of afflictions : madness and society in Britain, 1700-1900 / Andrew Scull

Published New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 1993

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Description xviii, 442 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Analysis England Mental health services History Wales England Mental health services History Wales Notes Bibliography: p395-426. -Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [395]-426) and index Subject Mentally ill -- Care -- England -- History. Mental health laws -- England -- History -- 18th century. Mental health laws -- England -- History -- 19th century. Mental health laws -- England -- History. Mental illness -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. Mental illness -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Mentally ill -- Care -- England -- History -- 18th century. Mentally ill -- Care -- England -- History -- 19th century. Psychiatric hospital care -- England -- History. Mental Disorders -- history. Social Conditions -- history. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056942 Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056943 United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 LC no. 92048395 ISBN 0300050518 (alk. paper)

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