HIST 249 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Alienist, Resocialization, Hypnotic
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In the 19th century the asylum became an accepted place for care and treatment of insanity. The few institutions that offered care were very small and were funded by a combination of fees that were charged to the patients and donations/subscriptions. The number of asylums increased in the 19th century. Until the 19th century few insane people were confined in institutions. They were cared for in their communities for families. The relief took form in nursing care, medicine and material goods such as food and clothing with regular pensions. In britain and much of protestant europe, institutional provision for the insane was a secular affair. After 1750, a second generation of lunatic hospitals appeared in britain after the parallel growth in number of voluntary hospitals established to care for the sick poor. Asylums were founded and ran on subscriptions from local benefactors. There was also private mad houses in england and wales that offered care to individuals from wealthy families.
