Private Madhouses in England, 1640-1815. Commercialised care for the insane
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- Author(s) Smith, Leonard
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2020
- Pages 323pp; illus
- Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
- Place Published Cham
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the early development of private mental health care, 1600-1815, along with the patients, the entrepreneurs [business activities, personal attributes, qualifications, etc], therapeutics, etc. Has chapters: 'Rise of the private madhouse'; 'Houses for the distracted, 1600-1700'; 'Madhouses in the market place, 1701-74'; 'An expanding network, 1775-1815'; 'Madhouse patients'; 'Madhouse entrepreneurs'; 'Therapeutics of the madhouse'; 'Conditions and controversy'; 'Conclusion - insanity and enterprise'