I am doing some research on old treatments in early 1900 sanitariums/ insane asylums. Both abuse, and just the ways they used to treat conditions. I have tried searching the internet and keep coming up with very little information. Location of the place is not an issue. I just need an informational site with old pictures and a very good description about what went on. Maybe I am not using that right key words, who knows.. But some help would be wonderful! Thank you!
2007-05-25 17:50:11 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Sounds like an interesting paper! Here are some websites that I've compiled over the years:
http://nutrias.org/inv/cityinsaneasylum.htm
http://www.abandonedasylum.com/links.html
http://usersites.horrorfind.com/home/horror/bedlambound/bedlam/about.html
Hope those help!
2007-05-25 18:01:53 · answer #1 · answered by ottavia88888888 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find a book called "The Snake Pit." I don't remember the author, but it was turned into a movie in the late 1930's or early 1940's.
It is the story of a mentally ill woman's ordeal in a mental hospital. Apparently the sheer horror more or less scared her senses back into her, but it took a while for her to get out of the asylum. It was a pretty graphic story.
2007-05-26 00:59:28 · answer #2 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋