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Cure, Comfort and Safe Custody:

Public Lunatic Asylums in Early Nineteenth-Century England
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Continuum International Publishing Group, 1999 - History - 329 pages
This book is a study of the pioneer early county asylums, which were intended to provide for the 'cure', and 'safe custody' of people suffering from the ravages of insanity. It considers the origins of the asylums, how they were managed, the people who st
  

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Contents

Introduction
1
1 The Rise of the Public Asylum
12
2 Asylum Management
52
Peopling the Asylum
93
From Keepers to Attendants
131
5 Inside the Asylum
159
6 Treatment and Care
187
7 Useful Occupation
227
8 With Due Restraint
247
In Pursuit of Cure
284
Bibliography
289
Index
304
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Leonard Smith, M.D., is a renowned general gastrointestinal and vascular surgeon as well as an expert in nutrition and natural supplementation. Dr. Smith is a board-certified general surgeon and is currently a member of the volunteer faculty at the University of Miami Department of Surgery. Dr. Smith has been a surgeon in Florida for twenty-five years and currently resides there with his wife and two grown daughters.

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