Undertaker of the mind : John Monro and mad-doctoring in eighteenth-century England

Undertaker of the mind : John Monro and mad-doctoring in eighteenth-century England / Jonathan Andrews and Andrew Scull.

Author/creator	Andrews, Jonathan, 1961-
Other author/creator	Scull, Andrew, 1947-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Description	xxii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Monro, John, 1715-1791. Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England) Psychiatrists--England --Biography. Psychiatry--History --18th century. Mentally ill--England --Case studies. Psychiatry--England --Biography. Psychiatry--England --Case Reports. History, 18th Century--England. History, 19th Century--England. Hospitals, Psychiatric--history --England. Mental Disorders--therapy --England. Mentally Ill Persons--history --England.

Series	Medicine and society ; 11 Medicine and society ; 11. ^A229908
Contents	Preface -- Acknowledgments -- John Monro : the making of a mad-doctor -- Real use of discussing madness : the great lunacy debate -- Madness in their methodism : religious enthusiasm, the mad-doctors, and the case of Alexander Cruden -- Mad as a lord : Monro and the case of the Earl of Orford -- Mansions of misery : mad-doctors and the mad-trade -- Murder most foul, madness most high : the courtroom, the stateroom, and the misty summits of the mad-doctor's expertise.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-355) and index.
Acquisitions source	Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
LCCN	2001027290
ISBN	0520231511
ISBN	9780520231511

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Laupus	Books - Stacks	WZ 100 M752A 2001	✔ Available	Place Hold