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Madmen: A Social History of Mad-houses, Mad-doctors and Lunatics
Roy Porter
The author reveals how Bethlem - the London asylum created to care for the capital's mentally sick - was riddled with sadism and embezzlement, and if that wasn't dehumanising enough, jeering, ogling sightseers were permitted entry - for a fee of course.
344 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 1, 2004 |
| ISBN13 | 9780752419725 |
| Publishers | The History Press Ltd |
| Pages | 344 |
| Dimensions | 248 × 248 × 10 mm · 750 g |
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