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The Art of Asylum-Keeping: Thomas Story Kirkbride and the Origins of American Psychiatry by Nancy Tomes 9781512808384 1512808385

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The Art of Asylum-Keeping: Thomas Story Kirkbride and the Origins of American Psychiatry Nancy Tomes Digital Instant Download

Author(s): Nancy Tomes

ISBN(s): 9781512808384, 1512808385

Edition: Reprint 2016

File Details: PDF, 11.58 MB

Year: 2016

Language: English

SKU: EB-51964180 Category: Others Tags: 1512808385, 9781512808384, Art of Asylum-Keeping, Nancy Tomes, Thomas Story Kirkbride

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The Art of Asylum-Keeping: Thomas Story Kirkbride and the Origins of American Psychiatry Nancy Tomes – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781512808384, 1512808385

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ISBN 10: 1512808385
ISBN 13: 9781512808384
Author: Nancy Tomes

The Art of Asylum-Keeping is a social history of medical practice in a private nineteenth-century asylum, the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane in Philadelphia. It recreates everyday life in the asylum and explores its social, as well as its scientific, legitimation.

Table contents:

1. From hospital to asylum

2. Christian and physician

3. The burden of being their keepers

4. The persuasive institution

5. A new kind of existence

6. The perils of asylum practice

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