Bedlam
A concise history of Bethlem Hospital that follows the treatment of mental illness from the medieval period to the modern era.
About This Book
Bedlam traces the story of one of the world's oldest psychiatric institutions.
The book examines changing attitudes toward mental illness over several centuries.
It draws on archival records to describe daily life inside the hospital.
Readers gain insight into the development of medical and social responses to madness.
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