Periodically from the 15th to early 20th centuries, mad people left written accounts of their
experiences. Originally written by upper-and middle-class White authors who had both the …

This paper investigates the nexus between the legal provisions for the certification of
insanity and the introduction of psychological medicine into British medical education …

This article explores the history of the Court of Protection of England & Wales (CoP) over the
twentieth century. The CoP, which is responsible for making financial and welfare decisions …

This thesis argues that the establishment of psychiatric education played an integral part in
sha** British psychiatry as a medical specialism in the long nineteenth century. It identifies …

Philip Marlow Turner was a twenty-five-year-old gentleman living in Hobart, Tasmania. 1 A
single child from an affluent family, Episcopalian, he had no particular employment or …

This thesis examines lunacy provision in Kent between 1774 and 1874 from the perspective
of the anti-psychiatrists of the 1960s and 70s. It is a regional study that seeks to demonstrate …

This thesis analyzes the way physiognomy works within Charles Dickens's and Wilkie
Collins's novella, A Message from the Sea. The novella develops and promotes a version of …

The author of the statement above was critiquing families who publicized their loved ones'
mental trials through contentious lunacy proceedings. The author, and many like him …

This dissertation explores the certification of insanity in the British empire during the second
half of the nineteenth century. Considering a variety of legal, archival, and published …

Gibson, J., ed., Banbury's people in the eighteenth century: from records and accounts of the
overseers of the poor, 1708–1797, supported by other lists and sources (Banbury Historical …