Swift's hospital : a history of St Patrick's Hospital, Dub
1989, 1st edition. Dublin : Gill & Macmillan. SIGNED. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #324571
ISBN: 0717115011
Physical description: xii, 384 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 24 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. [359]-372).
Contents: ch. 1. Dean Swift and madness -- ch. 2. Swift's Hospital: the early years, 1747-1820 -- ch. 3. Era of moral management, 1820-1850 -- ch. 4. Swift's Hospital: the years of decline, 1850-1899 -- ch. 5. Leeper's Hospital, 1899-1941 -- ch. 6. St. Patrick's opens its doors, 1942-1977 -- ch. 7. Era of community care, 1978-1989.
Subjects: Swift, Jonathan 1667-1745. St. Patrick's Hospital (Dublin, Ireland).
Hospitals, Psychiatric history. Psychiatric hospitals. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.
Price: €75.00