A Refuge of Cure or Care: The Sensory Dimensions of Confinement at the Worcester State Hospital for the Insane by Ryan, Madeline Kearin

A Refuge of Cure or Care: The Sensory Dimensions of Confinement at the Worcester State Hospital for the Insane (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781793643834)

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A Refuge of Cure or Care: The Sensory Dimensions of Confinement at the Worcester State Hospital for the Insane by Ryan, Madeline Kearin

A Refuge of Cure or Care: The Sensory Dimensions of Confinement at the Worcester State Hospital for the Insane

$39.99
A Refuge of Cure or Care: The Sensory Dimensions of Confinement at the Worcester State Hospital for the Insane by Ryan, Madeline Kearin

A Refuge of Cure or Care: The Sensory Dimensions of Confinement at the Worcester State Hospital for the Insane

$39.99
Format: Paperback
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In A Refuge of Cure or Care: The Sensory Dimensions of Confinement at the Worcester State Hospital for the Insane, Madeline Kearin Ryan examines the therapy model of the nineteenth-century asylum. Using the Worcester State Hospital as a case study, Kearin Ryan analyzes the institution's methodology of targeting patients' minds through their senses, which the administration believed could cure insanity.



Author: Madeline Kearin Ryan
ISBN-10: 1793643830
ISBN-13: 9781793643834
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 01/31/2023
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
By Madeline Kearin Ryan
By Madeline Kearin Ryan
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Madeline Kearin Ryan is project development librarian at the Worcester Historical Museum.

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