November 2015
An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man’s head; symbolising the expulsion of ‘folly ‘(insanity), they are surrounded by a group of people. Pencil drawing by Pieter Jansz Quast (1606-1647). Wellcome Images reference no. L0007012. Source: http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/
The Wellcome Library holds a collection of over 800,000 pages of archival material relating to psychiatric institutions, mental health organisations and individuals in the UK. The material dates from the 18th to the 20th centuries and includes: patient diaries, artworks, photographs and publications. Discover what lay behind their closed doors!
Read more about mental health in HCS-Manguinhos:
Gómez, María José Correa. De la Casa de Orates al juzgado: pericia alienista y evaluación judicial de la locura en Santiago de Chile hacia 1860. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Jun 2013, vol.20, no.2, p.571-585. ISSN 0104-5970
Bianchi, Eugenia. Infancia, normalización y salud mental: figuras históricas y encadenamientos actuales en la formulación del trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Set 2015, vol.22, no.3, p.761-779. ISSN 0104-5970
Macías, Francisco Javier Saavedra. Cómo encontrar un lugar en el mundo: explorando experiencias de recuperación de personas con trastornos mentales graves. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Mar 2011, vol.18, no.1, p.121-139. ISSN 0104-5970
Tenório, Fernando. A reforma psiquiátrica brasileira, da década de 1980 aos dias atuais: história e conceitos. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Abr 2002, vol.9, no.1, p.25-59. ISSN 0104-5970
Huertas, Rafael. Las obsesiones antes de Freud: historia y clínica. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Dic 2014, vol.21, no.4, p.1397-1415. ISSN 0104-597
