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Hospitals, Psychiatric - history

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  • Reform in the treatment of the insane : early history of The Retreat, York, its objects and influence, with a report of the celebrations of its centenary / by D. Hack Tuke.
  • The Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries / by James Carmont.
  • The Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries / by James Carmont.
  • Hospitals and asylums of the world. Vols. 1-2, [Asylums] / by Henry C. Burdett.
  • Hospitals and asylums of the world. Vols. 1-2, [Asylums] / by Henry C. Burdett.
  • Chapters in the history of the insane in the British Isles / by Daniel Hack Tuke.
  • A retired habitation : a history of the Retreat, York (mental hospital) / by Harold Capper Hunt ; with a foreword by Bedford Pierce and a chapter by N. Macleod.
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Works

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    Permeable walls : historical perspectives on hospital and asylum visiting / edited by Graham Mooney and Jonathan Reinarz.

    | Date: 2009
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    John Langdon Down, 1828-1896 : a caring pioneer / O. Conor Ward.

    Ward, O. Conor | Date: 1998
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    L'Ospedale dei pazzi di Roma dai papi al '900.

    | Date: [1994.]
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    Madness and its institutions / Roy Porter.

    Porter, Roy, 1946-2002 | Date: 1992
    • Books

    La dotazione economica delle Case dei Matti di Aversa (1813-1825) / Enzo Esposito, Chiara Catapano, Vittorio Donato Catapano.

    Esposito, Enzo | Date: 1985
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