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In My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum, author Herman Merivale recounts his harrowing time in an English countryside asylum during the 1860s. Dubbed a sane patient, Merivale shares his unsettling journey through a system rife with caricatures of the mentally disturbed, where both prisoners and wardens exhibit alarming behaviors. He encounters a mix of lofty psychology experts—some genuinely concerned, others woefully clueless—while nurses vacillate between withholding and over-dispensing medications. The wardens, employing brutal tactics to enforce compliance, reveal the cruelty of ...

Welcome to The Asylum Archives! Each week we’ll travel over 100 years into the past to meet patients who spent time in so-called Lunatic Asylums. From Ticehurst House in East Sussex to the celebrated York Retreat and beyond, together we'll remember often-forgotten people and uncover the history of mental healthcare in the UK.