The Madras lunatic asylum in the early nineteenth century
Ernst, W.
Bulletin of the Indian Institute of History of Medicine 28(1): 13-30
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0304-9558 PMID: 12593406 Document Number: 490803
Early clarification of authority structures in regard to asylum management and curtailment of petty corruption were important features in the development of the Madras Lunatic Asylum. Although the development of the Madras Asylum in the early nineteenth century had been relatively free of controversy in comparison to the institutions in Bengal, it possessed some distinct features. It was finally closed down almost exactly a century after its inauguration, and its inmates were moved to new premises.