Bedlam London's Hospital for the Mad

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Publisher's Synopsis

Bethlem Hospital is the oldest mental institution in the world, to many famously known as 'Bedlam': a chaotic madhouse that brutalised its patients. Paul Chambers explores the 800-year history of Bethlem and reveals fascinating details of its ambivalent relationship with London and its inhabitants, the life and times of the hospital's more famous patients, and the rise of a powerful reform movement to tackle the institution's notorious policies. Here the whole story of Bethlem Hospital is laid bare to a new audience, charting its well-intended beginnings to its final disgrace and reform.

Book information

ISBN: 9780750991483
Publisher: The History Press
Imprint: The History Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 362.2109421
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 364g
Height: 130mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 24mm