This podcast looks at the roots of asylums in hospitals or infirmaries as well as private madhouses, but it focuses on workhouses to illustrate that historic provision was much less indiscriminate than is usually believed. It concludes by exploring the political imperatives behind institutionalization
Image of the week: replica of a nineteenth century restraint collar
Full Bibliographic Record: Wellcome Library Catalogue L0065156
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