Undertaker of the mind : John Monro and mad-doctoring in eighteenth-century England
Andrews, Jonathan2001
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As visiting physician to Bethlem Hospital, the archetypal Bedlam, Dr John Monro was a celebrity in his own day. Drawing on an array of materials and verbal sources, this text takes an in-depth look at Monro and the history of the mad-doctoring.
Main title:
Undertaker of the mind : John Monro and mad-doctoring in eighteenth-century England / Jonathan Andrews and Andrew Scull.
Imprint:
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2001.
Collation:
389p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Medicine and society ; 11
ISBN:
9780520231511 (hbk)
Dewey class:
616.890094209033616.89
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
725401