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Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth- Century England Anna Shepherd Number 20 INSTITUTIONALIZING THE INSANE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine Series Editors: David Cantor Keir Waddington Titles in this Series 1 Meat, Medicine and Human Health in the Twentieth Century David Cantor, Christian Bonah and Matthias Dörries (eds) 2 Locating Health: Historical and Anthropological Investigations of Place and Health Erika Dyck and Christopher Fletcher (eds) 3 Medicine in the Remote and Rural North, 1800–2000 J. T. H. Connor and Stephan Curtis (eds) 4 A Modern History of the Stomach: Gastric Illness, Medicine and British Society, 1800–1950 Ian Miller 5 War and the Militarization of British Army Medicine, 1793–1830 Catherine Kelly 6 Nervous Disease in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain: Th e Reality of a Fashionable Disorder Heather R. 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Doyle Forthcoming Titles Psychiatry and Chinese History Howard Chiang (ed.) Stress in Post-War Britain Mark Jackson www.pickeringchatto.com/sshm INSTITUTIONALIZING THE INSANE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND by Anna Shepherd PICKERING & CHATTO 2014 Published by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited 21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH 2252 Ridge Road, Brookfi eld, Vermont 05036-9704, USA www.pickeringchatto.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior permission of the publisher. © Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd 2014 © Anna Shepherd 2014 To the best of the Publisher’s knowledge every eff ort has been made to contact relevant copyright holders and to clear any relevant copyright issues. Any omissions that come to their attention will be remedied in future editions. british library cataloguing in publication data Shepherd, Anna, author. Institutionalizing the insane in nineteenth-century England. – (Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine) 1. Psychiatric hospital care – England – History – 19th century – Case studies. I. Title II. Series 362.2’1’0942’09034-dc23 ISBN-13: 9781848934313 e: 9781781440568 ∞ Th is publication is printed on acid-free paper that conforms to the American National Standard for the Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. Typeset by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by CPI Books CONTENTS Acknowledgements ix List of Figures and Tables xi Introduction: Contexts of Insanity 1 1 Caring for Surrey’s Insane: Brookwood Asylum and Holloway Sanatorium 13 2 Th erapeutic Agents: Doctors and Attendants 41 3 Origins and Journeys: Th e Patients at Brookwood Asylum and Holloway Sanatorium 67 4 ‘Hurry, Worry, Annoyance and Needless Trouble’: Patients in Residence 91 5 Th e Taxonomy and Treatment of Insanity 115 6 Suicide, Self-Harm and Madness in the Asylum 145 Conclusion 169 Notes 177 Works Cited 209 Index 221 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am deeply indebted to the Wellcome Trust for the doctoral studentship that supported my PhD which prompted this study. Many people helped and sup- ported me during the course of my research and the writing of this book. Th ey are too numerous to mention individually and I apologize for not doing so. It would have been impossible for me to have succeeded without their co-opera- tion and assistance. I was fortunate in that the bulk of the archival material was held in the Surrey History Centre, Woking, where the staff unstintingly gave their time, expertise and every possible assistance, which made my many hours spent there a produc- tive and pleasurable experience. I should particularly like to thank Julian Pooley for his friendship, sense of humour, extensive knowledge and chocolate biscuits during my visits. I should also like to extend my gratitude to the librarians and archivists at the Wellcome Institute, the National Archives, the Royal Holloway Archives, and the members of staff at the unique Egham Museum. I am particularly grateful to the delightful Joy Whitfi eld, who shared her experiences and knowledge of the Holloway Sanatorium where she had worked for many years. I would par- ticularly like to thank the staff at the School of Humanities at Oxford Brookes University; Carol Beadle deserves a special mention. I am also very grateful to Dorothy Porter, who began the journey with me, and Jonathan Andrews, who encouraged me to return to my research follow- ing some particularly diffi cult personal challenges. Anne Digby was my mentor and never ceased to believe in me, to provide advice, constructive criticism and encouragement. A great many friends have supported me in a myriad of ways and I would like to thank them all profusely. Andrea Tanner ceaselessly off ered advice and encouragement at every stage, especially when life threatened to intervene and I was ready to submit to the pressures. Graham Mooney has tirelessly sup- ported and encouraged my endeavours, providing constructive insights. David Wight has been a long-standing supporter of my research and been an inspi- ration since my earliest forages in the archives. Keir Waddington has provided – ix –
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