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Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine
Andrew Scull
Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine
Andrew Scull
From exorcism to mesmerism, from bedlam to victorian asylums, from the theory of humours to modern pharmacology, this book tells about madness, its meanings, its consequences and our various attempts to understand and treat it.
448 pages, 128 illustrations, 44 in colour
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 23, 2015 |
ISBN13 | 9780500252123 |
Publishers | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
Pages | 448 |
Dimensions | 167 × 240 × 48 mm · 1.04 kg |
Language | English |
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