Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
John Thurnam
Standard Name: Thurnam, John
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1845
John Thurnam
's Observations and Essays on the Statistics of Lunacy estimated that male patients at the York Retreat Insane Asylum
outnumbered female inmates by approximately 30%.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.