Doctors treating madness in 1773 embraced methods like bleeding, vomiting, restraint and intimidation. Interpreter Donna Wolf researched the topic for her program, “A Method for Madness.”
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A Method for Madness
Patrick Henry's Secret
American Patriot Patrick Henry is burdened with his first wife’s tragic decline into insanity. Interpreter Richard Schumann tells the tale.
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Caring for the Mentally Ill
Williamsburg’s Public Hospital was the first facility for the treatment of the mentally ill in British North America.
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