Cure, Comfort and Safe Custody: Public Lunatic Asylums in Early Nineteenth-Century England

Contributor(s): Smith, Leonard (Author)

ISBN: 9780718500948

Publisher: Leicester University Press

Hardcover

$265.00

Pub Date: May 11, 1999

Dewey: 362.21094209

LCCN: 98026009

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.09" H x 9.40" L x 5.98" W ( 1.44 lbs) 330 pages

BISAC Categories:

Psychology | History

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: This book is a study of the pioneer early county asylums, which were intended for the cure and safe custody of people suffering from the ravages of insanity. It looks at the staff, their treatment practices and the experiences of the patients.

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