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    My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum: By a Sane Patient
    My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum: By a Sane Patient
    My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum: By a Sane Patient
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    My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum: By a Sane Patient

    By Herman Charles Merivale

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateApr 26, 2021
    ISBN4057664622181
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