HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bethlem Royal Hospital, Avicenna, Royal Institute Of Technology
13 Sep 2017
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Sas. mcmaster. ca: ta: aneeqa aslam, aslama2@mcmaster. ca, office hours thursday 4:00 5:30 kth 221, wednesdays will include optional classes on essay writing, exam review, etc. In europe, some cited spiritual basis for madness, others argued for imbalance of humours (biological: 4 humours blood, yellow bile, phlegm, black bile, treatment in monasteries. Some witches and madmen (especially dangerous) burnt at stake, etc. others treated through prayer, bloodletting, whipping, etc. : lots of people did nothing - most stated with family. Bethlem in popular culture: marks rising interest in madness, literary trope by 16th c. becomes oft-used topic of ballads and songs. Bethlem as zoo: opened as tourist attraction, "swarms of people" came to see the freak show", in which the inmate was regarded as a beast or monster . Inmates tormented, teased, filled with drink: required special precasutions to prevent sexual cotact between visitors and women patients. , by mid 18th century, 17 000 people a year, had to shut it down.
