Andrew Scull, The most solitary of afflictions: madness and society in Britain, 1700-1900, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1993, pp. xviii, 442, illus., £29.95, $45.00 (0-300-05051-8).

Trevor Turner

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Andrew Scull, The most solitary of afflictions: madness and society in Britain, 1700-1900, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1993, pp. xviii, 442, illus., £29.95, $45.00 (0-300-05051-8).

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Information: Medical History , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 121 - 122

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Andrew Scull, The most solitary of afflictions: madness and society in Britain, 1700-1900, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1993, pp. xviii, 442, illus., £29.95, $45.00 (0-300-05051-8).

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