Comments on: If someone was in a lunatic asylum during the 19th century, were they necessarily a lunatic? http://www.theasylumcafe.com/lunatic-asylum/if-someone-was-in-a-lunatic-asylum-during-the-19th-century-were-they-necessarily-a-lunatic Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:48:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Artman http://www.theasylumcafe.com/lunatic-asylum/if-someone-was-in-a-lunatic-asylum-during-the-19th-century-were-they-necessarily-a-lunatic/comment-page-1#comment-1130 Artman Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:31:59 +0000 http://www.theasylumcafe.com/lunatic-asylum/if-someone-was-in-a-lunatic-asylum-during-the-19th-century-were-they-necessarily-a-lunatic#comment-1130 No, most of them wern't necessarily lunatics. Some ignorant Doctors sent sick people over there just becasuse they couldnt understand what was going on; even homosexuals were send there; sometimes to bring new ideas was a one way ticket to the asylum; many scientifis, writers, painters were send there too. In other times the asylum was used as place to send enemies for political or personal reasons without having to get into the trouble of having the person killed; all they needed was a corrupt doctor, some friends and some money.<br><b>References : </b><br> No, most of them wern’t necessarily lunatics. Some ignorant Doctors sent sick people over there just becasuse they couldnt understand what was going on; even homosexuals were send there; sometimes to bring new ideas was a one way ticket to the asylum; many scientifis, writers, painters were send there too.

In other times the asylum was used as place to send enemies for political or personal reasons without having to get into the trouble of having the person killed; all they needed was a corrupt doctor, some friends and some money.
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]]> By: beckini http://www.theasylumcafe.com/lunatic-asylum/if-someone-was-in-a-lunatic-asylum-during-the-19th-century-were-they-necessarily-a-lunatic/comment-page-1#comment-1129 beckini Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:01:59 +0000 http://www.theasylumcafe.com/lunatic-asylum/if-someone-was-in-a-lunatic-asylum-during-the-19th-century-were-they-necessarily-a-lunatic#comment-1129 Some may have just been epileptic or even a diabetic. Insulin is a hormone and when it is out of whack a person can just act out and seem a little crazy.<br><b>References : </b><br> Some may have just been epileptic or even a diabetic. Insulin is a hormone and when it is out of whack a person can just act out and seem a little crazy.
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