Faces from the asylum: Harrowing portraits of patients at Victorian 'lunatic' hospital where they were treated for 'mania, melancholia and general paralysis of the insane'

• Photographs were taken at West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum by chief neurologist Sir James Crichton-Browne
• While some pictures may appear barbaric to modern eyes, they asylum actually led the way in ethical treatment
• Each picture is accompanied by detailed medical notes and diagnoses including ‘imbecility,’ and ‘simple mania,’

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