Inconvenient People Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victor

Inconvenient People Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victor by Sarah Wise


Authors
Sarah Wise
ISBN
9781847921123
Published
Released
01 / 06 / 2012
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
496
Dimensions
164 x 241 x 48mm

The 19th century saw a series of panics about sane individuals being locked away in lunatic asylums, and public feeling often ran high against the rising 'alienist' (or 'mad doctor') profession. English liberty was seen to be under threat from a new class of men who would sign away freedom in return for the high fees paid by unscrupulous people who wanted to be rid of a 'difficult' family member, spouse or friend. But who were the victims of this trade? And to what extent was it carried on? Why was it a problem for the wealthy and less so for the poor? Twelve separate stories of contested lunacy cases - ranging from the 1820s to the 1890s - reveal the various types of persons who came under threat of incarceration, the support that their plight aroused in the public mind and the newspapers, and doctors' shifting arguments about what constituted insanity.
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