To look back before 1800 is to enter another world, one where the number of institutions for the mad was a tiny fraction of today’s and what we would now call mental disorders were often understood as religious ecstasies or diabolical possessions.

To look back before 1800 is to enter another world, one where the number of institutions for the mad was a tiny fraction of today’s and what we would now call mental disorders were often understood as religious ecstasies or diabolical possessions.

– Mike Jay –

A Visionary Madness: The Case of James Tilly Matthews and the Influencing Machine

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