In the Shadow of Lakecrest by Elizabeth Blackwell

Author:Elizabeth Blackwell [Blackwell, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503941847
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Published: 2017-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

What is madness?

Attempting to formulate a concise answer to that question risks an onset of the very disorder under study. Madness has taken a multitude of forms through the course of human history. At times, it has been as revered as it is now maligned.

My own approach is a psychological-cultural one, examining the methods by which deviations from behavioral mores have been described and treated in the medical and humanistic literature of their time.

Honestly. You’d think a book about lunatics would be a little more fun.

On Dr. Gordon’s advice, I’d been sentenced to a week in bed. Matthew had gone back to Michigan, and I was hoping Dr. Rieger’s book might lead to some revelations about Cecily. Judging by the introduction, it would be more useful as a sleeping aid.

Bored, I flipped ahead, stopping at the occasional pictures. Illustrations of the human brain. An engraving of a medieval madhouse. A painting of women in flowing gowns cavorting in a field. I stopped and looked at the chapter title: “Madness as Divine in Ancient Greece.” I skimmed the text:

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