Author

Publication

2012 - Empire Books, Kentucky

Language

English

Word Count

28,250 words, Guess

Page Count

113 pages

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Classifications

  • DDC362.21097471
  • LCCRC445.N7 N49 2012

Alternate Titles

  • 10 days in a mad house

Description

"This is Bly's truly disturbing account (and exposé) of a mental asylum to which Bly was committed after feigning insanity. Including graphic depictions as to the treatment of mental patients and their unsanitary surroundings, Bly's controversial 1887 exposé reveals the scandal and brutality of mental health in the nineteenth century and the ease with which professionals were prepared to accept and treat mental "disorders.""--Page 4 of cover.

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