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Under That Calamity: A Narrative of the Treatment Experienced by a Gentleman during a State of Mental Derangement

By John Perceval, Lindsey Grubbs (Editor)
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By John Perceval, Lindsey Grubbs (Editor)
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“In the year 1830, I was unfortunately deprived of the use of reason. This calamity befell me about Christmas.”

After experiencing auditory hallucinations, John Perceval was institutionalized against his will for three years. His memoir A Narrative of the Treatment Experienced by a Gentleman, During a State of Mental Derangement, was first published in 1838 in London with the aim of exposing the inhumane treatments inflicted on those who likewise suffered—in Perceval's words—“under that cal...

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