Masters of Bedlam: The Transformation of the Mad-Doctoring Trade

by Nicholas Hervey, Andrew Scull, Charlotte MacKenzie

Book Overview

Through an examination of the fascinating lives and careers of a series of nineteenth-century "mad-doctors," Masters of Bedlam provides a unique perspective on the creation of the modern profession of psychiatry, taking us from the secret and shady practices of the trade in lunacy, through the utopian expectations that were aroused by the lunacy reform movement, to the dismal realities of the barracks-asylums--those Victorian museums of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691608962
• ISBN13: 9780691608969
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"