#MadhouseATragicTaleOfMegalomaniaAndModernMedicine | Reviews of Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine in Non-Fiction Books| Hashreview

#MadhouseATragicTaleOfMegalomaniaAndModernMedicine

Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine is a 2005 book by the psychiatric sociologist Andrew Scull which discusses the work of controversial psychiatrist Henry Cotton at Trenton State Hospital in New Jersey in the 1920s.Cotton Read More..

Ratings

Likes

Reviews

HASH INFO

Review# tag	MadhouseATragicTaleOfMegalomaniaAndModernMedicine
Review# tag
Hash title	Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine
Hash title
Description	Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine is a 2005 book by the psychiatric sociologist Andrew Scull which discusses the work of controversial psychiatrist Henry Cotton at Trenton State Hospital in New Jersey in the 1920s.Cotton became convinced that insanity was fundamentally a toxic disorder and he surgically removed body parts to try to improve mental health. This often began with the removal of teeth and tonsils:An 18 year-old girl with agitated depression successively had her upper and lower molars extracted, a tonsillectomy, sinus drainage, treatment for an infected cervix, removal of intestinal adhesions—all without effecting improvement in her psychiatric condition. Then the remainder of her teeth were removed and she was sent home, pronounced cured.Scull argues that Cotton's obsession with focal sepsis as the root cause of mental illness "persisted in spite of all evidence to the contrary and the frightening incidence of death and harm from the operations he initiated". Cotton's approach attracted some detractors, but the medical establishment of the day did not effectively renounce or discipline him.One reviewer called Madhouse "a fine piece of historical research with a modern relevance", and added that "it makes compelling reading".
Description	Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine is a 2005 book by the psychiatric sociologist Andrew Scull which discusses the work of controversial psychiatrist Henry Cotton at Trenton State Hospital in New Jersey in the 1920s.Cotton became convinced that insanity was fundamentally a toxic disorder and he surgically removed body parts to try to improve mental health. This often began with the removal of teeth and tonsils:An 18 year-old girl with agitated depression successively had her upper and lower molars extracted, a tonsillectomy, sinus drainage, treatment for an infected cervix, removal of intestinal adhesions—all without effecting improvement in her psychiatric condition. Then the remainder of her teeth were removed and she was sent home, pronounced cured.Scull argues that Cotton's obsession with focal sepsis as the root cause of mental illness "persisted in spite of all evidence to the contrary and the frightening incidence of death and harm from the operations he initiated". Cotton's approach attracted some detractors, but the medical establishment of the day did not effectively renounce or discipline him.One reviewer called Madhouse "a fine piece of historical research with a modern relevance", and added that "it makes compelling reading".

Created By

Admin

DETAILS

Name	Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine
Name
Authors	Andrew Scull
Authors
Translator
Translator
Genre	Non-fiction
Genre
Series
Series
Number in series
Number in series
Language
Language
Country
Country

PUBLISH

Story timeline
Story timeline
Pages	376 pp.
Pages
Media_type
Media_type
Isbn	9780300107296
Isbn
Oclc	57168770
Oclc
Publisher
Publisher

RELEASE

Pub_date	2005
Pub_date
Release_date
Release_date

Writing

Portraying the concept

Style of narration

Language & literature

Overall rating

MORE INFO

Ratings

No ratings yet.

Feature Ratings

No Feature ratings yet.

Popularity

Reaches

No data available now.

Ranks

This #hashtag is not ranked yet.