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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), in the background is a manic woman who is waiting for the operation. Photogravure, 1926, after T. de Brij after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 21085i
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Beyond all reason / Morag Coate ; with an introduction by R.D. Laing.
Coate, Morag.Date: [1964]
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An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1763.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: June ye 25 1735 [i.e. 1763]Reference: 20040i
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Ciencia y marginación : sobre negros, locos y criminales / José Luis Peset.
Peset Reig, José Luis.Date: [1983], ©1983
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Genetical aspects of mental retardation / Valerie Cowie.
Cowie, Valerie A.Date: 1973
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Derelict discoveries. Pt. 4, Denbigh Hospital and Park Mill.
Date: 2004
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A mentally ill patient with mask and hand restraints. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908.
Date: 1908Reference: 20036i
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Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a broken segmental pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving by C. Warren, 1808, after C. Cibber, 1680.
Cibber, Caius Gabriel, 1630-1700.Date: 10 December 1808Reference: 25634i
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Healthcare in Great Britain: the insane walk the streets, the old die alone in their homes, mocked by the affluent. Gouache by J. Flatter, 198-.
Flatter, Joseph Otto, 1894-1988.Date: [between 1980 and 1989]Reference: 665543i
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The influencing machine : James Tilly Matthews and the air loom / Mike Jay ; foreword by Oliver Sacks.
Jay, Mike, 1959 December 14-Date: 2012
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A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Gouache painting by J. Einsle, 1806, after G. Dou.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Reference: 21129i
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A general view of the present state of lunatics, and lunatic asylums in Great Britain and Ireland, and in some other kingdoms / by Sir Andrew Halliday.
Halliday, Andrew, Sir, 1781-1839.Date: 1828
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Job giving alms to the sick. Engraving by H. Bourne, 1862, after W.C.T. Dobson.
Dobson, W. C. T. (William Charles Thomas), 1817-1898.Date: 1862Reference: 23924i
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An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth after himself, 1735.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 25 June 1735Reference: 20042i
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Guidelines on advocacy for mental health workers / [Jim Read ; Jan Wallcraft].
Read, JimDate: 1994
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Marie Cabel. Lithograph by G. Donjean, 18--.
Donjean, Gustave, active 1850-1891.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 5364i
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Thomas Hudson, an unfortunate man. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.
Date: 1 July 1821Reference: 349i
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A mental ill patient in a straight jacket and strapped into a chair. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908.
Date: 1908Reference: 20035i
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Mentally ill people at the Charité hospital sitting and looking at a piece of apparatus (camera?). Photogravure by C. Block after G. Moreau de Tours.
Moreau de Tours, Georges, 1848-1901.Date: May 1905Reference: 20070i
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A letter from Edmund Wentworth Pearce ... to a noble lord containing a systematic and detailed account of unparalleled atrocities acted by Capt. Thomas Pearce ... lately a prisoner in the King's Bench : comprehending some account of the author's sufferings as a perfectly sane man, at the two insane houses of Bethnal Green.
Pearce, Edmund Wentworth.Date: 1818
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Asylums : essays on the social situation of mental patients and other inmates / [Erving Goffman].
Goffman, Erving, 1922-1982.Date: 1961
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Storia sociale della follia / Roy Porter.
Porter, Roy, 1946-2002.Date: 1991
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The alien as a public charge : with particular reference to the insane. A paper read before the New York State Conference of Charities and Correction, Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 20, 1912.
Waldman, Morris D. (Morris David), 1879-1963.Date: [1912]
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Le traitement des ali dans les familles.
F Ch. (Charles), 1852-1907.Date: 1893
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Rapport presentau Conseil gal du dartement de l'Eure dans sa session de 1839 / au nom de la Commission des ali, par Lefebvre-Durufl.
Eure (France). Commission des ali.Date: 1839

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An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), in the background is a manic woman who is waiting for the operation. Photogravure, 1926, after T. de Brij after M. de Vos.

Beyond all reason / Morag Coate ; with an introduction by R.D. Laing.

An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1763.

Ciencia y marginación : sobre negros, locos y criminales / José Luis Peset.

Genetical aspects of mental retardation / Valerie Cowie.

Derelict discoveries. Pt. 4, Denbigh Hospital and Park Mill.

A mentally ill patient with mask and hand restraints. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908.

Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a broken segmental pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving by C. Warren, 1808, after C. Cibber, 1680.

Healthcare in Great Britain: the insane walk the streets, the old die alone in their homes, mocked by the affluent. Gouache by J. Flatter, 198-.

The influencing machine : James Tilly Matthews and the air loom / Mike Jay ; foreword by Oliver Sacks.

A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Gouache painting by J. Einsle, 1806, after G. Dou.

A general view of the present state of lunatics, and lunatic asylums in Great Britain and Ireland, and in some other kingdoms / by Sir Andrew Halliday.

Job giving alms to the sick. Engraving by H. Bourne, 1862, after W.C.T. Dobson.

An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth after himself, 1735.

Guidelines on advocacy for mental health workers / [Jim Read ; Jan Wallcraft].

Marie Cabel. Lithograph by G. Donjean, 18--.

Thomas Hudson, an unfortunate man. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.

A mental ill patient in a straight jacket and strapped into a chair. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908.

Mentally ill people at the Charité hospital sitting and looking at a piece of apparatus (camera?). Photogravure by C. Block after G. Moreau de Tours.

Asylums : essays on the social situation of mental patients and other inmates / [Erving Goffman].

Storia sociale della follia / Roy Porter.

The alien as a public charge : with particular reference to the insane. A paper read before the New York State Conference of Charities and Correction, Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 20, 1912.

Le traitement des ali dans les familles.

Rapport presentau Conseil gal du dartement de l'Eure dans sa session de 1839 / au nom de la Commission des ali, par Lefebvre-Durufl.