After visiting one of these places, Edward Wakefield caused public outrage by describing the case of an American sailor named James Norris.
After visiting one of these places, Edward Wakefield caused public outrage by describing the case of an American sailor named James Norris. While working at one of these places, John Haslam documented a story about a group of French agents, including the Glove Woman and Bill the King, who operated a mind-control device called the Air Loom. James Tilly Matthews lived in one of these places, and the Quaker William Tuke founded the York Retreat in reaction to their policies. A device called the Circulating Swing was developed for these places by Erasmus Darwin. Abraham-men were beggars who pretended to have left one of these places, and the last entry in Hogarth's The Rake's Progress depicts the upper-class practice of visiting the most famous one of them. For 10 points, name these institutions exemplified by Bethlem Royal Hospital, or Bedlam.
After visiting one of these places, Edward Wakefield caused public outrage by describing the case of an American sailor named James Norris.
Insane asylums [or mental hospitals; or madhouses; prompt on hospitals]