HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bethlem Royal Hospital, Madness, Moral Treatment
15 Mar 2018
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Not characterized by a brain disorder or body. It is about abnormal behaviour, people who may struggle to behave. Today we will be looking at this transition from madness to mental illness. Earliest recordings from 2nd bce - potential mania, depression, delusions: we cant say that those things were quote on quote illness, Hippocrates + galen saw madness as something grounded in the body (somatic) placed madness in the brain this medical tradition was collapsed by islamic scholars. Revived by islamic scholars, wards fro mad found across early islamic world. In medical europe, some cited spiritual basis for madness, others argued for imbalance of humours thought this was gods punishment for humanity. Responses to madness (not treatment) ranged from monastery stays, burning at stake, bloodletting, whipping, etc. yet man stayed with family. Trepanation: drilling holes in brain and let brain fluids flow some people actually did recover becasue brain pressure reduced.
