GB 0120 MSS.5643-5646 - Insanity, France, 19th Century

4 volumes

GB 0120 MSS.5643-5646 1816-1890 Collection (fonds) 4 volumes Various

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Miscellaneous letters and papers relating to asylums and the insane in France, 19th century.

In sections as follows: Letters written for the most part by patients in the Salpêtrière, Paris, 1851-1856; Letters and drawings by patients in various French asylums, c 1857-1890; Letters from the Chevalier Marie Martial d'Arzac, confined as insane, 1816; Collection of letters relating to asylums in France, 1837-1887.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

French

Described in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Jan 2009 Psychopathology Mental diseases Hospitals Psychiatric hospitals Health services Medical institutions Asylums Disadvantaged groups Disabled persons Mentally ill persons Psychiatry Patients France Western Europe Europe

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Miscellaneous letters and papers relating to asylums and the insane in France, 19th century.

In sections as follows: Letters written for the most part by patients in the Salpêtrière, Paris, 1851-1856; Letters and drawings by patients in various French asylums, c 1857-1890; Letters from the Chevalier Marie Martial d'Arzac, confined as insane, 1816; Collection of letters relating to asylums in France, 1837-1887.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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French

Described in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais