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Bedlam. St. Mary of Bethlehem

Bedlam. St. Mary of Bethlehem

Trainor, Terry

Paperback

General Science

ISBN10: 1471714241
ISBN13: 9781471714245
Publisher: Lulu Pr
Published: May 21 2012
Pages: 186
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.40 Width: 8.27 Depth: 11.69
Language: English
The lunatics were first called patients in 1700, and curable and incurable wards were opened in 1725-34. In the 18th century people used to go to Bedlam to stare at the lunatics. For a penny one could peer into their cells, view the freaks of the show of Bethlehem and laugh at their antics, generally of a sexual nature or violent fights. Entry was free on the first Tuesday of the month. Visitors were permitted to bring long sticks with which to poke and enrage the inmates. In 1814 alone, there were 96,000 such visits. 'It was so loathsomely and filthily kept that it was not fit for any man or woman to come into. Situated variously in Bishopsgate, Moorfields and Lambeth, one of the main attractions over the centuries for the London mob was the Bethlehem Royal Hospital or Bedlam'.

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