Asylum Scandals by Patricia

Patricialubeck24 Apr, 2024News

Can you imagine life for people committed to the insane asylum in the 19th century? ?Asylum Scandals? provides a picture of life in the state hospitals between 1867 and 1915. The book includes actual experiences of patients who saw abuse, neglect, torture, and murder. There were complicated medical procedures like lobotomies, electric shock therapy, and hydrotherapy sprays. Here, horrible truths that occurred inside the brick walls of the state hospitals are exposed...