Fools & Mad: A history of the insane in Ireland

Author: Robins, Joseph

Publication Year: 1986

Contents

Foreword
Struck by the madman's whip
Protection and persecution
Incarceration and degradation
Fools, Mad and Jonathan Swift
The Beginning of Reform
The Asylum System Expands
Administering and Staffing the Asylums
Heredity, Moral weakness or tea
Moral treatment - a pleasant illusion
The lunacy to mental illness
The wall come tumbling down
Epilgoue
Bibliography
References
Index
Plates

Format	Print
Keywords	asylums, ethics, moral judgement, moral philosophy
Publisher	Brough, Cox and Dunn Limited
Classification	moral judgement
ISBN	0906980461
Pages	205
Categories:	Irish Content, Books