Ten Days in a Mad House : 9781619492585

This is Bly's truly disturbing account (and expose) of a mental asylum to which Bly was committed after feigning insanity. Including graphic depictions as to the treatment of mental patients and their unsanitary surroundings, Bly's controversial 1887 expose reveals the scandal and brutality of mental health in the nineteenth century and the ease with which professionals were prepared to accept and treat mental "disorders".

Author: Nellie Bly

Publisher: Empire Books

Publication Date: Jan 19, 2012

Number of Pages: 120 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 161949258X

ISBN-13: 9781619492585