The Trade in Lunacy: A Study of Private Madhouses in England in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Author:   William Ll. Parry-Jones
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   New edition
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9780415416498


Pages:   390
Publication Date:   20 October 2006
Format:   Hardback
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The Trade in Lunacy: A Study of Private Madhouses in England in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries


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Author:   William Ll. Parry-Jones
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.880kg
ISBN:  

9780415416498


ISBN 10:   0415416493
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   20 October 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The 'Trade in Lunacy' in its Historical and Legal Perspective 3. The Madhouse System: the Range and Development of its Provisions 4. The Private-Madhouse Proprietor 5. Some Contemporary Descriptions of Nineteenth-Century Private Licensed Houses 6. The Private Licensed Houses at Hook Norton and Witney 7. Aspects of Care of the Insane in Private Madhouses and the Outcome of Treatment 8. The Principal Abuses and Defects of the Private-Madhouse System: A Review of the Evidence 9. Summary and Conclusions

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William LI. Parry-Jones Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Oxford Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford

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