Wellcome Collection show unlocks the history of the insane asylum

2009-05-01T00:00:00

Model of the 18th century Narrenturm, the prison-like lunatic asylum at Vienna’s General Hospital.

Source: Technisches Museum, Vienna

Changing attitudes led to the transformation of mental health treatment environments in Vienna at the end of the 19th century

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