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    Madmen: A Social History of Mad-houses, Mad-doctors and Lunatics
    Author

    Roy Porter
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    Hardcover
    List Price £25.00
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    DescriptionWhat was it like to be insane in the Georgian England of Mary Wollstonecraft and Coleridge? Indeed, how was the most famous mad person of the century--Shelley's "old, mad, blind, despised king" George III--treated before his final descent into insanity in 1808? The best-selling popular historian, Roy Porter, looks at the bizarre and savage practices used by doctors for treating those afflicted by manias, ranging from huge doses of opium, blood-letting, and cold water immersion to beatings, confinement in cages, and blistering. The author also reveals how Bethlem--the London asylum created to care for the mentally sick of the capital--was riddled with sadism and embezzlement, and if that wasn't dehumanizing enough, ogling sightseers were permitted entry--for a fee of course.
    Release Date2004
    AuthorRoy Porter
    FormatDimensions 24.8x24.0x1.0 cm
    366 pages
    book
    PublisherTempus
    Subject(s)History / Europe / Great Britain / General
    History / Modern / General
    History / Social History
    Medical / History
    Medical / Mental Health
    Medical / Psychiatry / General
    Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
    Psychology / History
    Psychology / Psychopathology / General


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