| Cure, Comfort and Safe Custody: Public Lunatic Asylums in Early Nineteenth-Century England Contributor(s): Smith, Leonard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0718500946 ISBN-13: 9780718500948 Publisher: Leicester University Press OUR PRICE: $257.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: Explores the evolving tensions between the three objectives of the English mental asylum from 1808 to 1845: custody, cure, and comfort. Smith (arts and social sciences, U. of Birmingham, UK) finds that the implicit goal of custody, evidenced in penitentiary-style regimes, was gradually superseded by an Enlightenment-tempered movement towards cure. However, eventually the flaws in the system led to an overcrowding by ever larger numbers of physically deteriorated, aging people, and the emphasis switched to comfort. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | History |
| Dewey: 362.210 |
| LCCN: 98026009 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.98" W x 9.4" (1.44 lbs) 330 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a study of the pioneer early county asylums, which were intended for the cure and safe custody of people suffering from the ravages of insanity. It looks at the staff, their treatment practices and the experiences of the patients. |