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Bedlam: London’s Hospital for the Mad

By Paul Chambers

Book information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2019
ISBN
0750991488, 9780750991483
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
748 kB (765717 bytes)
Pages
320\0
Topic
History
Time added
2019-11-24 16:11:30

Description

Bethlem Hospital is the oldest mental institution in the world, but to many it is famous only as ‘Bedlam’, a chaotic madhouse that brutalised its patients. This book explores the 800-year history of Bethlem and reveals fascinating details of its ambivalent relationship with London and Londoners, the life and times of the hospital’s more famous patients, and the rise of a powerful reform movement which forced the government to take the issue of Bedlam seriously. Paul Chambers brings the whole story of Bethlem Hospital to a new audience, charting its well-intended beginnings to its final disgrace and reform.

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