DomainMonograph or Collective Volume
TitleThe invisible plague : the rise of mental illness from 1750 to the present
AuthorTorrey, Edwin Fuller
Publication Date2001
PublisherRutgers University Press
Place Of PublicationNew Brunswick (NJ); London
Number Of Pages430 p.
Era Covered1700 — 1990
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0813530032
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NotesThe first nine chapters (of 14) are relevant. Contents: 1 -- Introduction : why is the epidemic important? 2. The birth of Bedlam : insanity prior to 1700 3. The "English malady" appears : England, 1700-1800 4. "The clap of tortured hands" : England, 1800-1850 5. "A mania for madness" : England, 1850-1890 6. "A great and progressive evil" : England, 1890-1990 7. The road to Grangegorman : Ireland, 1700-1990 8. "A constantly increasing multitude" : Atlantic Canada, 1700-1990 9. "The disease whose frequency has become alarming" : the United States, 1700-1840
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