HLTHAGE 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bethlem Royal Hospital, Avicenna, Mania
6 Jan 2020
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Earliest recordings from 2nd c. bce, potentially mania, depression, delusions. Humans experiences all sorts of suffering for a long time but specific diagnostic conditions things. Hippocrates & galen -> placed in madness in brain. Revived by islamic scholars (al-razi, ibn sina), wards for mad across early islamic world. Believed madness was something doctors had some say over. In medieval europe, some cited spiritual basis for madness, others argued for imbalance o. Responses to madness ranged from monastery stays, burning at stake, wipping. Practice continued in some places until 19th century. Henry viii later assigned it primarily for madness, already going by the name bedlam tions are newer r mad found ce of humors. Henry viii later assigned it primarily for madness, already going by the name bedlam. Only had space for 30-40 inmates (not a hospital of traditional sense) Marks rising interest in madness, becomes oft-used topic of ballads and songs.
