Houses of madness : insanity and asylums of Bengal in nineteenth-century India

Houses of madness : insanity and asylums of Bengal in nineteenth-century India / Debjani Das.

'Houses of Madness' is a history of asylums of colonial Bengal in the 19th century. It explores these institutions through several phases that not only involved changes in medical treatment and its interpretation, but also the question of spatial distribution within these institutions.

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Main Author: Das, Debjani (Professor of history) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Online access with subscription: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online)
Subjects:
Bengal (India). > Civil Medical Department > History.
1800-1899
Psychiatric hospitals > India > Bengal > History > 19th century.
Insanity (Law) > India > Bengal > History > 19th century.
Public health > India > Bengal > History > 19th century.
Insanity (Law)
Public health
Psychiatric hospitals
India > Bengal
Electronic books.
History
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