Masters of Bedlam: The Transformation of the Mad-Doctoring Trade - Princeton Legacy Library 346 by Andrew Scull Details
By studying the life and wonderful functions of a series of "mad doctors" in the 19th century, Masters of Bellam offers a unique perspective on the creation of modern psychiatry,…
By studying the life and wonderful functions of a series of "mad doctors" in the 19th century, Masters of Bellam offers a unique perspective on the creation of modern psychiatry, taking us from the dark and covert practices of commerce. In madness, through the utopian expectations raised by the repressive reform movement, to the bleak realities of barracks - those Victorian museums of madness where most followers of nineteenth-century religious theory were forced to practice.
For a century, the period from unadjusted "Bedlam" to the construction of post-Darwinian psycho-psychiatry, which focuses on the new Modsley Hospital, from haemorrhagic treatments, disinfection, and close confinement through the era of moral therapy and lack of discipline, suggests that men who claim experience in treating disorder My people seek to build a collective identity as trustworthy professionals and scientific professionals. This wonderful series of biographies answers the question: How successful are they in creating such a new identity? Drawing on a wide range of sources, the authors always recreate the mysterious and dynamic life of the seven "masters of peace".
Sensitive to the specificities and characteristics of each man's autobiography, the authors replace the autobiography of the great men who founded modern psychiatry with complete images of their struggles, successes, achievements and limitations. In this process, Masters of Bedlam provides a very accurate and accurate picture of the efforts of successive generations of displaced people to demonstrate public and scientific respect for their specialization, and reminds us time and time again of the complexities of nineteenth-century developments in the field of psychiatry.
. Originally published in 1996.
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