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Book Review: Barbara Taylor, The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in Our Times.

Penguin Books Ltd. Paperback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in Our Times, Barbara Taylor, The Last Asylum is Barbara Taylor's haunting memoir of her journey through the UK mental health system. A Radio 4 Book of The Week Shortlisted For The RBC Taylor Prize. In July 1988, Barbara Taylor, then an acclaimed young historian, was admitted to what had once been...

Asylum Reform

official circular letter are, as far as they go (which is not nearly far enough), admirable. But where do they come from ? Dr. Lomax's book, " The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor," made certain accusations against the administration of Lunatic Asylums. The usual official denials were issued. Not only that, but a Committee of Inquiry was convened by Sir Frederick Willis, Chairman of the Board of...

Gulp! Electronics Down the Hatch

Hatch Textures for Virtual Endoscopy

We present an illustrative rendering extension for virtual endoscopy to enhance depth perception. For this purpose different hatch textures are applied and their ability to enhance 3D shape estimation is discussed. The stroke directions of the textures are aligned to the principal curvature directions of the surface. Starting with two patterns suggested by Kim et al. [1], we developed texture p...

Bloomingdale Asylum, New York

as 1791, to the foundation of the New York Hospital; but it was not till 1797 that any insane cases were admitted into the wards of the institution. Previously to 1803, the number of lunatics received into the hospital amounted to 215. It was thought necessary, in consequence of the applications for admission increasing, to erect a spacious stone edifice near the hospital, in the same enclosure...