Jonathan Andrews, Asa Briggs, Roy Porter, Penny Tucker, Keir Waddington

The History of Bethlem (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Bethlem Hospital, popularly known as "Bedlam", is a unique institution. Now seven hundred and fifty years old, it has been continuously involved in the care of the mentally ill in London since at least the 1400s. As such it has a strong claim to be the oldest foundation in Europe with an unbroken history of sheltering and treating the mentally disturbed. During this time, Bethlem has transcended locality to become not only a national and international institution, but in many ways, a cultural and literary myth.
The History of Bethlem is a scholarly history of this key establishment by distinguished authors, including Asa Briggs and Roy Porter. Based upon extensive research of the hospital's archives, the book looks at Bethlem's role within the caring institutions of London and Britain, and provides a long overdue re-evaluation of its place in the history of psychiatry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 768
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136098604
• Artikelnr.: 61272827

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Andrews, Asa Briggs, Roy Porter, Penny Tucker and Keir Waddington

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
PART I: 1247-1633
2. Background
3. The foundation of the Priory of St Mary of Bethlehem
4. The development of the Bethlem precinct
5. Politics and patronage
6. Bethlem's income
7. From Bethlehem to Bedlam: changing roles and personnel
8. Medieval attitudes towards and treatment of the insane
9. Institutional care for the insane in medieval and early modern times
10. Images of Bedlam
PART II: 1633-1783
11. Background
12. 'Charitable persons for excellent ends': the administration and finance of Bethlem
13. Visiting
14. 'The discipline of the house': environment
management and architecture
15. The architecture of Bethlem at Moorfields
16. Medicine
medical officers and therapeutics
17. The rule of'sky-colour'd coats': inferior officers and servants
18. Admission and discharge
19. The politics of committal to early modern Bethlem
PART III: 1783-1900
20. Encomium: Bethlem
charity and the first history of the Hospital
21. Fact and fancy
22. A change of scene: Bethlem's move to Southwark
23. Attack: Bethlem and the 1815 Select Committee
24. Bethlem and reform
25. Investigation
26. Classifying and consoling
27. A Victorian institution
PART IV: 1900 to the present
28. Bethlem and the twentieth century
29. A new Eden: Bethlem's move to Monks Orchard
30. New beginnings: the merger of Bethlem and the Maudsley
31. Managing millions: administration and finance
1901-82
32. Serving Bethlem: medical and nursing staff
1901-82
33. 'In a presumably curable condition': the character of admissions in the twentieth century
34. Tempering madness: patients and the treatment of mental illness in twentieth-century Bethlem
35. From SHA to NHS trust
1982-94
36. Conclusion
PART V: Appendices
1. Masters
wardens or keepers of Bethlem
1247-1633
2. Bethlem and Bridewell presidents
1606-1793
3. Bethlem and Bridewell apothecaries
1634-1816
4. Bethlem and Bridewell physicians
1619-1816
5. Bethlem and Bridewell surgeons
1629-1815
6. Bethlem medical officers
1783-1900
7. Twentieth-century Bethlem officers
Name index
Subject index

Rezensionen

'There are five Authors here, all distinguished in their field, and they have joined forces to produce a magnificent book, well laid out and documented. Its main function is to set the record straight and in this the authors have suceeeded fully' - - John Clay, Literary Review