Madness, Magic, and Medicine: The treatment and mistreatment of the mentally ill by Elinor Lander Horwitz
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Overview: The stories are incredible, horrible and just plain fascinating. it's amazing to think we were eleven a race of people that believed drilling a hole into someone's skull would release the evil spirits from a person suffering from a mental disability. or shooting a cannon off next to someone's head would "scare" the demons out of a poor sufferer. it's also inspiring to read the doctors who saw centuries in the future with their treatments of rest, exercise and talking about one ' s feelings and problems for treatment instead of putting them on the ship of fools or letting them rot in asylum where people could pay to nickel to come laugh at them for entertainment. complete with downright creepy and frightening illustrations.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Health, Fitness & Medical
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Requirements: .PDF reader, 8.4MB
Overview: The stories are incredible, horrible and just plain fascinating. it's amazing to think we were eleven a race of people that believed drilling a hole into someone's skull would release the evil spirits from a person suffering from a mental disability. or shooting a cannon off next to someone's head would "scare" the demons out of a poor sufferer. it's also inspiring to read the doctors who saw centuries in the future with their treatments of rest, exercise and talking about one ' s feelings and problems for treatment instead of putting them on the ship of fools or letting them rot in asylum where people could pay to nickel to come laugh at them for entertainment. complete with downright creepy and frightening illustrations.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Health, Fitness & Medical
Download Instructions:
https://mx-sh.net/kh7ea7vypovq
https://rg.to/file/9e4d2c76cd35ddbd639f42c7c04fdcc3