Attendants in Asylums

Dysentery in Asylums

Asylums and Authors

It has brought out the evolution of mental institutions over time, and various authors’ depictions of the same. The author has chosen to start the narrative from 1868 (Hard Cash, by Charles Reade), and has traced the same till 1962 (One flew over the cuckoo’s nest, Ken Kesey) in the international arena. However, the review could have looked into works published beyond 1962. Further, there appea...

Asylums and Authors

The role of asylums in the care of the mentally ill has been regarded differently in different times, opinions held by a person even being reversed totally with the passing of time! In the early part of asylum history the majority of alienists felt that “all forms of madness required institutional care and treatment and the sooner those displaying signs of mental imbalance were removed from dom...

The Punjab Asylums' Report

Thk Asylums in the Punjab are situated at Lahore and Delhi. The former is the larger, having a daily average population of 238*09 as compared with 111*23 in the latter. The report on the Lahore Asylum points to rather an unsatisfactory condition of affairs. The buildings are unsuitable, the expenditure was high, and the warder establishment worked b'dly. There were 40 deaths, the highest number...

Asylums and Artists

Relationship between genius and mental illness has always been an issue of interest and controversy. Creative people in arts have been more prone to mental illness as compared to the men of science. Asylums of yesteryears in England, France and Spain have had eminent artists such as Hogarth, Dadd, Van Gough and Goya either as residents or as records of the scenes in those hospitals. These relat...