Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England By Anna Shepherd Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine 20 Pickering & Chatto, 2014 HB 978 1 84893 431 3: £60/$99 eBook: £24 (incl. VAT) On a prime 150 acre site in Surrey at Woking, Brookwood Asylum opened its doors on June 17, 1867. Established… Continue Reading
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As I’m researching for my dissertation, I’m finally digging through a giant pile recent articles from the past years on topics relevant to my dissertation. I thought I’d share some interesting ones with you. Christine Aicardi (University College London) published a piece, “The Analytical Spirit and the Paris Institution for the Deaf-Mutes, 1730-1860” in History… Continue Reading
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