Investigating the Body in the Victorian Asylum : : Doctors, Patients, and Practices.

• Superior document: Mental Health in Historical Perspective Series
• Author: Wallis, Jennifer.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2017.; Ã2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (283 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Acknowledgements
• A Note on the Text
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• List of Figures
• 1 Introduction
• Histories of the Body
• The Body and Practice
• The West Riding Asylum
• General Paralysis of the Insane
• The Asylum Patient
• Outline of this Book
• 2 Skin
• Fragments of Asylum Practice
• Photographs in the Asylum and the Archive
• The Growth of Dermatology
• The Skin in General Paralysis
• The Skin as Site of Surgery and Therapy
• 3 Muscle
• Body and Brain in the Late Nineteenth Century
• General Paralysis and Muscle Wastage
• Muscle and Mind
• Physical Examination and Inscription
• The Patient and the Case Record
• 4 Bone
• A Culture of Violence?
• The Role of the Inquest
• General Paralysis and Softened Bones
• Quantifying the Bodily Fabric
• Questioning Pathological Research and Alienist Expertise
• 5 Brain
• Studying the Brain
• Viewing and Reading the Brain
• Localising Lesions
• Putting the Brain Under the Microscope
• 6 Fluid
• The Possibilities of the Postmortem
• Trepanation and General Paralysis
• Differential Diagnosis: General Paralysis and Alcohol
• Toxins in General Paralysis
• Predisposition and Mental Disease
• Conclusion
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• Bodies and Practices
• The Spaces of the Asylum
• An Old Disease Resurfaces
• Appendix: Demographic Characteristics of West Riding Lunatic Asylum Admissions
• Bibliography
• Index.