Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine

Madness in Civilization

A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine

By
Andrew Scull
Andrew Scull
2015 • 448 pages

Originally published: London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2015.

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