Concise History of Entire Abolition of Mechanical Restraint in - And of Introduction, Success, Final Triumph of Non Restraint System

Klappentext The most famous nineteenth-century British reformer of care for the mentally ill and disabled was undoubtedly John Conolly, whose 1856 Treatment of the Insane without Mechanical Restraints is also reissued in this series. However, Conolly's work at the Hanwell Asylum near London was based in part on the pioneering efforts of Edward Parker Charlesworth (1781-1853) and his younger colleague Robert Gardiner Hill (1811-78), who had already (and controversially) abolished physical restraint in the Lincoln Asylum by 1838. Conolly is known to have visited and been impressed by the Lincoln hospital, but his supporters, and his own book, suggested his primacy in the field, and Hill published this work in 1857 in order to refute Conolly's claims. The first part consists of Hill's account of his and Charlesworth's reforms at Lincoln, and the second reprints many of the letters and pamphlets which focused on the topic during this period. Zusammenfassung In this 1857 work! Robert Gardiner Hill describes his and Edward Charlesworth's reforms at the Lincoln Asylum! and attempts to refute the claim of the more famous John Conolly to primacy in abolishing restraints. Hill also reprints examples from the pamphlet war that arose out of this controversial topic. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Historical sketch; Preface to lecture; Lecture; Appendices A-G.

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• Authors: Robert Gardiner Hill, Hill Robert Gardiner
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108081740
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08174-0
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, MEDICAL / History, Psychiatry, History of Medicine