Cure, Comfort and Safe Custody: Public Lunatic Asylums in Early Nineteenth-Century England

by Leonard D. Smith and Leonard Smith

This book is a study of the pioneer early county asylums, which were intended for the cure and safe custody of people suffering from the ravages of insanity. It looks at the staff, their treatment... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0718500946
• ISBN13: 9780718500948
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Leicester University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.4"