ABSTRACT

This is Volume II of seven in a collection on the Sociology of Mental Health. Originally published in 1955, this study presents the social history of the care of the insane from 1744 to 1845.

chapter

Introduction

chapter Chapter One|8 pages

Eighteenth-Century Theory

chapter Chapter Two|17 pages

Eighteenth-Century Practice

chapter Chapter Three|23 pages

The Growth of Public Concern

chapter Chapter Four|17 pages

Experiments in Treatment

chapter Chapter Five|13 pages

The Foundation of County Asylums

chapter Chapter Six|29 pages

The Select Committees of 1815–161

chapter Chapter Seven|25 pages

The Reform Movement, 1815–27

chapter Chapter Eight|12 pages

The Metropolitan Commissioners

chapter Chapter Nine|25 pages

Local and Departmental Developments, 1832–42

chapter Chapter Ten|26 pages

Ashley and the Achievement of Reform

chapter |7 pages

Epilogue