Description
"In the year 1830, I was unfortunately deprived of the use of reason. This calamity befell me about Christmas."
After experiencing auditory hallucinations, John Perceval was institutionalized against his will for three years. His memoir A Narrative of the Treatment Experienced by a Gentleman, During a State of Mental Derangement, was first published in 1838 in London with the aim of exposing the inhumane treatments inflicted on those who likewise suffered--in Perceval's words--"under that calamity.&rdquo
Featuring annotation and perspectives from Lindsey Grubbs, a scholar of the cultural history and contemporary ethics of psychology and neuroscience, Under That Calamity offers a candid, humane look at nineteenth-century treatment of the mentally ill that still resonates in the present day.
Produced in collaboration with The Library Company of Philadelphia.
Author: Lindsey Grubbs, John Perceval
Publisher: Lanternfish Press
Published: 05/24/2022
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.87h x 5.20w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9781941360637
ISBN10: 1941360637
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Mental Health
- Biography & Autobiography | Medical (Incl. Patients)
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs