Reviews for Customers and Patrons of the Mad-Trade: The Management of Lunacy in Eighteenth-Century London

The average rating for Customers and Patrons of the Mad-Trade: The Management of Lunacy in Eighteenth-Century London based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-04-14 00:00:00 Brittany Marshall This book presents and discusses the case book of the doctor John Monro from the year 1766. It is a great window into his mind and those of the people he saw during that year. He made initial entries for each patient, and short notations about the outcomes for some of them. A picture of the actual case book is here The same authors' book Undertaker of the Mind is a good companion book. If you do therapy with people, you shouldn't miss this information about how it was done over 200 years ago.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-04-26 00:00:00 Matthew Bishop I have been meaning to read this book all my life it seems. This lady was an amazing woman in my family's life. She even writes a little bit about us in a chapter. Her life has been a testimony of grace and love. She served the under served in our community as a midwife for many years. This story is about her childhood and her battle with the state as they ask her to become a midwife, and then try to take her license away as more afluent white families come to see her. She has many struggles in her life. Her mother not being around, her clinic burning down twice, a battle with breast cancer, lots of tragedies. She was a woman that had joy no matter what and was a pillar of strength. I miss her dearly and need to read this book.