Moral Judgment in Evaluating Disease: Some Pictures for Discussion
Item
Lunatic's Ball
Title
Lunatic's Ball
Description
This print captures a scene in Somerset Court Asylum in the UK. Notably, many of the asylum’s patients were institutionalized because of the heavy metal poisoning from runoff from a local lead mining operation.
Creator
Drake, Katharine
Subject
Drake, Katharine
Psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospital
Source
Bequest of Clements C. Fry 1955
Publisher
Backhouse Wells & Ackermann & Co.
Date
c.1850
Contributor
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Rights
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Format
Still image
Type
Lithograph
Identifier
print01238.jpg
Language
English
