Customers and patrons of the mad-trade: the management of lunacy in eighteenth-century London: with the complete text of John Monro's 1766 casebook

Abstract

List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Part 1. Managing Lunacy in Eighteenth-Century London 1. Customers, Patrons, and Their Mad-Doctor 2. A Rare Resource: John Monro's Case Book 3. Profiling Patients and Patterns of Practice 4. The Craft of Consultation: Managing Patients and Their Problems 5. Diagnosing the Mad 6. Religion, Madness, and the Case Book 7. Treating Patients and Getting Paid 8. Being Mad in Eighteenth-Century England: Patients' Views of Their Own Illnesses Part 2. John Monro's 1766 Case Book Notes Bibliography Index