HIST 3640 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Private Hospital, Robert Hooke
18 Jan 2017
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Lecture 2 early history of the asylum: bedlam. Seen of uncappable of labour, not very useful to society. Lumped together and isolated: very poor, crippled, criminal, orphans, etc. , with the purpose to help them and turn them into useful members of society. France: salpetriere (founded 1636 in paris: heterogenous (diverse) population. Largest in paris for awhile, mostly women, the mad were only a fraction of the population: detention centre in the middle for women. Small scale confinement, about 100 people, then began to grow. Confinement was fairly small scale, most was not in public institutions, but in private ones: dealt with by families. Rift between sane and insane during the 18th century. Seen to be mad because they have lived in sin and are of poor morals. Rake man who exhibits immoral conduct. Began as a religious institution: a priory of st mary of bethlehem, in bishopsgate.
