Inconvenient people : lunacy, liberty and the mad-doctors in Victorian England
Wise, Sarah2012
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12 separate stories of contested lunacy cases, ranging from the 1820s to the 1890s, reveal the various types of persons who came under threat of incarceration, the support that their plight aroused in the public mind and the newspapers, and doctors' shifting arguments about what constituted insanity.
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Imprint:
London : Bodley Head, 2012.
Collation:
xxii, 473 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781847921123 (hbk)
Dewey class:
362.20941344.4104409034362.2094 WIS362.209
Language:
English
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BRN:
549000