Publisher's Synopsis

This is Bly's truly disturbing account (and expose) of a mental asylum to which Bly was committed after feigning insanity. Including graphic depictions as to the treatment of mental patients and their unsanitary surroundings, Bly's controversial 1887 expose reveals the scandal and brutality of mental health in the nineteenth century and the ease with which professionals were prepared to accept and treat mental "disorders".

Book information

ISBN: 9781619492585
Publisher: Empire Books
Imprint: Empire Books
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 120
Weight: 172g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 6mm