Medical History of British India

In the news today – Glenside Hospital in Bristol, an asylum which opened in the mid-nineteenth century, has been awarded £30,000 to enhance its museum facilities:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-16813712

The Museum of the Mind was opened in 2010 and saw over 1,500 visitors in its first year.

With displays showing old medications and remedies, a padded cell, inmate drawings and mortuary equipment, this looks like an exciting way to learn more about how mental illness was treated in the past and how the treatments changed.

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