Mind-Forg'd Manacles: A History of Madness in England from the Restoration to the Regency - Roy Porter Toy His career is dominated in

His career is dominated in popular memory by a single event - the Mother and Child Scheme of 1951

From the rigours of training to the fun of dancehalls

this book demonstrates that in ‘normal’ times and in times of crisis

Drawing on the award-winning Typhoidland exhibitions

Mind-Forg'd Manacles: A History of Madness in England from the Restoration to the Regency - Roy Porter Toy His career is dominated inThis book explores attitudes towards and treatments for madness in the age before the mass asylum and the emergence of the psychiatric profession. It explores early social policy towards the mad, and how this led to the piecemeal development of lunatic asylums, looking at the theoretical and practical aspects of psychiatric therapies. This is a second hand book in excellent condition.