Inconvenient People Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in England
Inconvenient People Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in England
- ISBN 13:
9781619023222
- ISBN 10:
1619023229
- Edition: Reprint
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 07/15/2014
- Publisher: Counterpoint
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Summary
In this sadly terrifying, emotionally moving, and occasionally hilarious book, twelve cases of contested lunacy are offered as examples of the shifting arguments regarding what constituted sanity and insanity. They offer unique insight into the fears of sexuality, inherited madness, greed and fraud, until public feeling shifted and turned against the rising alienists who would challenge liberty and freedom of people who were perhaps simply "difficult," but were turned into victims of this unscrupulous trade.
This fascinating book is filled with stories almost impossible to believe but wildly engaging, a book one will not soon forget.