Treating Mental Illness During the Regency – Rotation Therapy

    The Treatments That Put the “Mad” in “Mad Doctor” by Louisa Cornell Many of the treatments used for mental illness during the Regency were heinous forms of torture perpetrated on people too vulnerable to protest. The believed causes of mental illness ranged from ill humors – imbalances in the blood – to congestion … Continue reading "Treating Mental Illness During the Regency – Rotation Therapy"