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7 02, 2017

From Bethlehem to Bedlam: classifying the incurables through science (Amanda Ruggeri, BBC Culture)

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From Bethlehem to Bedlam: classifying the incurables through science. What was founded as a place open to those in need became a palatial institution that housed those deemed mentally unsound. From the article: By the 17th Century, the asylum was well-known enough to appear in numerous Jacobean dramas and ballads. Often – as in Shakespeare’s plays [...]

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