Cure, comfort, and safe custody : public lunatic asylums in early nineteenth century England /: public lunatic asylums in early nineteenth century England. (1999)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Leonard D. Smith.
• Other Names: Smith, Leonard D, 1947-
• Contents: The rise of the public asylum -- Asylum management -- 'Waste stuff': peopling the asylum -- 'The most essential instruments': from keepers to attendants -- Inside the asylum -- Treatment and care -- Useful occupation -- With due restraint -- Conclusions: in pursuit of care.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Leicester University Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations
• Subjects: 362.2/1/094209034; Psychiatric hospital care -- England -- History -- 19th century; Psychiatric hospitals -- England -- History -- 19th century; Hospitals, Psychiatric -- history; History, 19th Century; PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health; PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness; MEDICAL -- Mental Health; Psychiatric hospital care; Psychiatric hospitals; Psychiatrische inrichtingen; England; England; Electronic books; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567240415
• Related ISBNs: 056724041X; 0718500946; 9780718500948
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-303) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.