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Mentally Ill Persons

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  • [Article (Saturday 4 August 1888) entitled: A chronicle of curious events. 6th August 1709 : Oliver Cromwell's 7' 6" porter Daniel was committed to Bedlam, having gone mad reading texts of "speculative divinity". He had been givien a bible by Nell Gwyn].
  • [Article (Saturday 4 August 1888) entitled: A chronicle of curious events. 6th August 1709 : Oliver Cromwell's 7' 6" porter Daniel was committed to Bedlam, having gone mad reading texts of "speculative divinity". He had been givien a bible by Nell Gwyn].
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Works

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    Madness, art, and society : beyond illness / Anna Harpin.

    Harpin, Anna | Date: 2018
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Miscellany: English, 18th century

    | Date: 1702-1796 | Reference: MS.7754
    • Books

    Music for living : enriching the lives of profoundly mentally handicapped people / Miriam Wood ; illustrations, David Baird ; photographs, James D. Gilford.

    Wood, Miriam | Date: 1982
    • Books

    Inequity and madness : psychosocial and human rights issues / José Guimón.

    Guimón, J | Date: [2001], ©2001
    • Books

    Big brother / Louis Quail.

    Quail, Louis | Date: 2018
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