The lunatic lexicographer: How a patient at a mental asylum shaped the Oxford English ...
Dr William Minor was one of the most prolific contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary. Unknown to many, he was also ...
History Over Horror: What life was really like inside the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
WESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — Over the years, the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum has garnered somewhat of a paranormal reputation, ...
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Rare 'porcelain gallbladder' found in 100-year-old unmarked grave at Mississippi mental ...
About 100 years ago, a woman at Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum died with a condition ... "Gallbladder disease is fairly ...
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How Victorian Women Were Oppressed Through the Use of Psychiatry
Abbott stood trial in August 1867 and was committed to Taunton State Hospital, a lunatic asylum in Massachusetts. After that, little is known, and details surrounding the case remain mysterious.