10 Days in a Madhouse
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10 Days in a Madhouse

  1. 150 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

10 Days in a Madhouse

About this book

ON the 22d of September I was asked by the World if I could have myself committed to one of the asylums for the insane in New York, with a view to writing a plain and unvarnished narrative of the treatment of the patients therein and the methods of management, etc. Did I think I had the courage to go through such an ordeal as the mission would demand? Could I assume the characteristics of insanity to such a degree that I could pass the doctors, live for a week among the insane without the authorities there finding out that I was only a "chiel amang 'em takin' notes?" I said I believed I could. I had some faith in my own ability as an actress and thought I could assume insanity long enough to accomplish any mission intrusted to me. Could I pass a week in the insane ward at Blackwell's Island? I said I could and I would. And I did.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. 10 Days in a Madhouse
  3. Table of contents
  4. CHAPTER I. A DELICATE MISSION.
  5. CHAPTER II. PREPARING FOR THE ORDEAL.
  6. CHAPTER III. IN THE TEMPORARY HOME.
  7. CHAPTER IV. JUDGE DUFFY AND THE POLICE.
  8. CHAPTER V. PRONOUNCED INSANE.
  9. CHAPTER VI. IN BELLEVUE HOSPITAL.
  10. CHAPTER VII. THE GOAL IN SIGHT.
  11. CHAPTER VIII. INSIDE THE MADHOUSE.
  12. CHAPTER IX. AN EXPERT(?) AT WORK.
  13. CHAPTER X. MY FIRST SUPPER.
  14. CHAPTER XI. IN THE BATH.
  15. CHAPTER XII. PROMENADING WITH LUNATICS.
  16. CHAPTER XIII. CHOKING AND BEATING PATIENTS.
  17. CHAPTER XIV. SOME UNFORTUNATE STORIES.
  18. CHAPTER XV. INCIDENTS OF ASYLUM LIFE.
  19. CHAPTER XVI. THE LAST GOOD-BYE.
  20. CHAPTER XVII. THE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION.
  21. Colophon