My Experiences In A Lunatic Asylum By A Sane Patient

Download or read book My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum written by Herman Charles Merivale and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an enlightening memoir by Herman Merivale, where he narrated his time in one of England's countryside asylums in the 1860s. He was suffering from depression and was taken into care for treatment. Throughout the work, Merivale attacked over-treatment and suggested that being in the asylum during that period could drive someone into insanity even if they were completely normal.