Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Surrey County Asylum
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1848: Doctor Hugh Welch Diamond became resident...
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1848
Doctor Hugh Welch Diamond
became resident physician of the female ward at Surrey County Asylum; he introduced the concept of psychiatric photography for female surveillance.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
