Cure, comfort, and safe custody : public lunatic asylums in early nineteenth century England /

Cure, comfort, and safe custody : public lunatic asylums in early nineteenth century England /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Smith, Leonard D., 1947-
Imprint:	London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Psychiatric hospital care -- England -- History -- 19th century. Psychiatric hospitals -- England -- History -- 19th century. Hospitals, Psychiatric -- history. History, 19th Century. Psychiatric hospital care. Psychiatric hospitals. England. England. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11280688

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ISBN:	9780567240415 056724041X 0718500946 9780718500948 1282309951 9781282309951 9786612309953 6612309954
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-303) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This book is a study of the pioneer early county asylums, which were intended to provide for the 'cure', and 'safe custody' of people suffering from the ravages of insanity. It considers the origins of the asylums, how they were managed, the people who staffed them, their treatment practices, and the experiences of the people who were incarcerated. 'Community care' in the late twentieth century has led us to abandon the network of nineteenth century lunatic asylums. This book reminds us of the ideals that lay behind them. The book contains extensive material regarding particular cities/countie.
Other form:	Print version: Smith, Leonard D., 1947- Cure, comfort, and safe custody. London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 1999 0718500946 9780718500948

Table of Contents:

The rise of the public asylum
Asylum management
'Waste stuff': peopling the asylum
'The most essential instruments': from keepers to attendants
Inside the asylum
Treatment and care
Useful occupation
With due restraint
Conclusions: in pursuit of care.