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Definition of Madhouses
1. madhouse [n] - See also: madhouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Madhouses
Literary usage of Madhouses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"The statutes which relate to lunacy and madhouses in Scotland are three in
number:—55 Geo. III. c. 69 (7th June 1815) ; 9 Oeo. IV. c. ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on the Law Concerning Lunatics, Idiots, and Persons of by Leonard Shelford (1833)
"3, c. e». tuled An Act to regulate madhouses in Scotland, which requires to be
altered and amended in some respects; be it therefore enacted by the King's ..."
3. The Journal of Foreign Medical Science and Literature edited by Samuel Emlen (1816)
"A Letter addressed to the Chairman of the Select Committee of the House of Commons,
appointed to enquire into the State of madhouses; to which is subjoined ..."
4. Sketches in London by James Grant (1838)
"Difficulty of obtaining accurate information on the subject of the Lunatic Asylums
in London—Private madhouses—Their number, and the number, &c., ..."
5. Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third by Horace Walpole (1845)
"I mean the committee to inspect and redress the grievous abuses of madhouses.1 Charles
Townshend took great pains in that business, distinguished himself, ..."
6. Historical and Biographical Essays by John Forster (1858)
"To this date, also, belong several pamphlets on Dissenters' questions ; his
attempted enforcement of a better scheme for the Regulation of madhouses, ..."
7. Turkish Life and Character by Walter Thornbury (1860)
"madhouses ES CONSTANTINOPLE. I HAD obtained the Sultan's permission to visit the
Government Madhouse—the Demir-Khan—as the Turks call it; and I dreaded, ..."
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