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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
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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