Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum
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1830: Physician John Conolly popularized the concept...
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1830
Physician John Conolly
popularized the concept of moral management, in his Inquiry Concerning the Indications of Insanity.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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July 1851: Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum opened in Middlesex...
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July 1851
Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum
opened in Middlesex with a potential capacity of 1,250 patients; this institution came to epitomize progressive Victorian psychiatry.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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July 1853: Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum hosted diverting...
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July 1853
Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum
hosted diverting games for inmates and close to two thousand visitors; such events aimed to reform the insane through a process of social and moral re-education.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
