“We Poor Souls Herded Together And Taken To The Madhouse ...”
From the Provincial Hospital to the Carniolan Provincial Mental Asylum
Keywords:
19th century, psychiatry, mental asylumAbstract
The issue of madness in Carniola was a pressing problem in the second half of the 19th century due to the increasing number of people in need of medical attention and the constant shortage of hospital beds. The provincial authorities delayed solving the problem by finding alternatives with the least possible financial investment, but the final establishment of an independent provincial hospital in 1881 was unavoidable. Despite the new building, the problem of the “mad” was not solved, as their numbers continued to grow, and the authorities were unable to provide enough space for them.
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