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Bethlehem Royal Hospital in London, founded in the 13th century and known known as "Bedlam" became the archetype for the terrors of asylum life.

Further Reading: MADNESS

Bedlam hospital, London
Bethlehem Royal Hospital in London, founded in the 13th century and known known as “Bedlam” became the archetype for the terrors of asylum life.

Madness (overviews & introductions)

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Mass Hysteria: Penis Panic, Dancing Plague, and Other Worrisome Mind Contagions

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Mercury & Turpentine: The Paintbrush-Licking Mad Genius of the Masters

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Toxoplasmosis: Two Bugs, One Gut

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 “Bitches Be Crazy”: The Twisted Perceptions of Femininity & Madness

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Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood: The Fickle Boundary Between Different and Crazy

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Gaol and Bedlam: The Law of Criminal Insanity in the U.S. and U.K.  

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Articles:

  • Coutts, House of Lords: Standard of Self-Control of the Reasonable Man, JoCL 65 (128)(2), 1 April 2001
  • Bard, Re-Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic: Why the Incarceration of Individuals with Serious Mental Illness Violates Public Health, Ethical, and Constitutional Principles and Therefore Cannot be Made Right by Piecemeal Changes to the Insanity Defense, 5 Hous. J. Health L. & Pol’y 1 (2005)
  • Steadman, Insanity Defense Reform in the United States – Post Hinckley, 11 Mental Health & Physical Disabilities L. Rep. 54, 54 (1987)
  • Platt and Diamond, The Origins and Development of the ‘Wild Beast’ Concept of Mental Illness and Its Relation to Theories of Criminal Responsibility, 1 J.Hist. Behav. Sci. 355 (1965)

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Lobotomy: The Under-appreciated Cure for “Resting Bitch Face”

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Odd Salon wolpertinger

For each salon, we  invite our speakers to share the resources and interesting reading they came across in researching their talk, so that we can all dig more deeply. This reading list was compiled by Odd Salon with Lizzie Lee Savage, Stuart Gripman, Marci Bennett, Fritz Striker, Jade Hoffman, Arthur Kay and Kaila Angelo.  Thank you!