Establishing the ‘rule of kindness’: The foundation of the North Wales lunatic asylum, Denbigh

Insanity, Institutions and Society, 1800-1914

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 159-179

  Michael, Pamela ^a   Hirst, David ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85071603991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203025789-17     Document Type: Chapter

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