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SKETCHES IN BEDLAM or, Characteristic Traits of Insanity, as displayed in the Cases of One Hundred and Forty Patients of Both Sexes, now, or recently, confined in New Bethlem . . . By a Constant Observer. Second Edition. Half-title. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf, worn, joints starting. London, 1825
First published in 1823, an attempt to restore the reputation of Bethlem Hospital in the wake of the 1815-16 parliamentary investigation into conditions there. Norman 1952; Hunter & Macalpine, pages 757-58 (both citing the original edition, the latter tentatively attributing the book to hospital apothecary Edward Wright).
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