Masters of bedlam: the transformation of the mad-doctoring trade
Auteur :
Scull, Andrew / MacKenzie, Charlotte / Hervey, Nicholas
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691608969
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
510 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Through an examination of the fascinating lives and careers of a series of nineteenth-century "mad-doctors," Masters of Bedlam provides a unique perspective on the creation of the modern profession of psychiatry, taking us from the secret and shady practices of the trade in lunacy, through the utopian expectations that were aroused by the lunacy re