Lunatic Hospitals in Georgian England, 1750–1830

By:

Leonard Smith

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Series:

Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

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Lunatic Hospitals in Georgian England, 1750–1830 constitutes the first comprehensive study of the philanthropic asylum system in Georgian England. Using original research and drawing upon a wide range of expertise on the history of mental health this book demonstrates the crucial role of the lunatic hospitals in the early development of a national system of psychiatric institutions. These hospitals were to form an essential historical link in the emergence of a national system of institutional provision for mentally disordered people. They provided important prototypes for the subsequent development of a network of state-sponsored lunatic asylums during the nineteenth century. This is an impressive volume which covers various areas including: the provincial lunatic hospitals managing the hospital managing the insane. This book will interest specialist historians as well as mental health professionals and people interested in local and regional studies.

Author Biography:

Leonard D. Smith is an honorary research fellow at the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Birmingham.

Release date NZ

June 7th, 2007

Author

Leonard Smith

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

11 Tables, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white

Pages

306

Series

Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

Dimensions

152x229x22

ISBN-13

9780415375160

Product ID

5250079

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