Masters of Bedlam :: the Transformation of the Mad-Doctoring Trade.

Through an examination of the fascinating lives and careers of a series of nineteenth-century ""mad-doctors, "" Masters of Bedlam provides a unique perspective on the creation of the modern profession of psychiatry, taking us from the secret and shady practices of the trade in lu...

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1. Verfasser: Scull, Andrew
Weitere Verfasser: MacKenzie, Charlotte, Hervey, Nicholas
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Schriftenreihe:Princeton legacy library.
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Zusammenfassung:Through an examination of the fascinating lives and careers of a series of nineteenth-century ""mad-doctors, "" Masters of Bedlam provides a unique perspective on the creation of the modern profession of psychiatry, taking us from the secret and shady practices of the trade in lunacy, through the utopian expectations that were aroused by the lunacy reform movement, to the dismal realities of the barracks-asylums--those Victorian museums of madness within which most nineteenth-century alienists found themselves compelled to practice. Across a century that spans the period from an unref
Beschreibung:Cover; Contents.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (376 pages)
ISBN:9781400864409
1400864402
0691637326
9780691637327

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