Madness, Morality and Medicine: A Study of the York Retreat, 1796-1914 by Anne Digby
Madness, Morality and Medicine: A Study of the York Retreat, 1796-1914

Anne Digby

Madness, Morality and Medicine: A Study of the York Retreat, 1796-1914

Anne Digby

340 pages first pub 1985 (view editions)

challenging informative slow-paced
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This detailed study of the York Retreat (famous for promoting mild methods of treatment for the insane) uses the unrivalled wealth of archival material on the Retreat's history and is thus able to tackle the complexities of the development of psyc...

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