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Paperback Bedlam: London and Its Mad Book

ISBN: 1849835527

ISBN13: 9781849835527

Bedlam: London and Its Mad

(Book #2 in the Catharine Arnold's London Series)

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'Bedlam' examines London's treatment of the insane over the centuries, from the founding of Bethlehem Hospital in 1247 through the heyday of the great Victorian asylums to the more enlightened... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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2 ratings

Three stars reflects the issue I purchased

Sometimes I get too eager when I discover a book that I forget to check the condition. Here is another example of never purchasing a "Good" copy again. I would have put this edition in the "barely acceptable" category. All my fault. It will not happen again!

A Great Popular History of London Madness

Catharine Arnold's Bedlam traces the treatment of the unstable from medieval diagnosis to the current condition of local establishments in London. As the title promises, the book covers many institutions, and not just the notorious Bethlem which has gifted the English language with the term "bedlam". Ever-conscious of her readers, Arnold presents the history of madness and treatment in an entertaining fashion, and skillfully supplies readers with all information they need to truly understand the institution and its history. Bedlam traces the evolving social stigmas attached to madness, the treatments used throughout the ages, and short biographies of the men who decided to make the mad their life's work. As promised, Arnold provides detailed descriptions of public hospitals such as Bethlem, and provides interesting anecdotes about the patients that once roamed (or sat manacled to) the halls. I am rating the book as 4 out of 5 stars simply because I recently read Showalter's The Female Malady, and found it more engrossing. However, Bedlam is a highly enjoyable - and occasionally terrifying - history of London madness, and I would certainly recommend the book.
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