Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1859: The public was shocked to hear that eminent...
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1859
The public was shocked to hear that eminent physician and psychiatrist John Conolly
had operated on a kickback system, receiving a 15% commission for each person he certified to confinement at Moorcroft House
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Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
