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A Mad World And Its Inhabitants
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246 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1876
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March 4, 2017
Do you thank god for Sanity when you pray?
In 1872 Julius Chambers, a bold Journalist from New Orleans, admitted himself into the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum with the help of his close friends Mr.Dinfor and Mr.Foster, intensive study, and a talent in theatrics!
With a recovering system and determination he was successfully in the Asylum to expose the abuse the inmates, as he calls them, faced. It was not long until he faced the first case of abuse imprisoned, or welcomed!, into a dark cell like room reeking of chloroform lime as he called it.
Throughout this work of #nonfiction you'll encounter unusually characters like Mr.Hawkins suffering from a chronic state of grief. Harmony a bankrupt businessman living in his own world where he owns a steam boat factory and manages his own circus company! You'll read of abuse and neglect Asylums were very famously reputed with from physical to verbal and low hygiene standards.
Everyone is whispering about a man named Hercules. Where is he? These asylums have a history of disappearances and death.
Here are the silent messengers of sympathy that go unknown.
From his enterprise he was able to expose ill-treatment and create reforms.
I'd like to mention the fact that he used what we call "traditional media" to bring justice. Both traditional and modern day Media has been and will always be a voice for those who are/were silenced.
In 1872 Julius Chambers, a bold Journalist from New Orleans, admitted himself into the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum with the help of his close friends Mr.Dinfor and Mr.Foster, intensive study, and a talent in theatrics!
With a recovering system and determination he was successfully in the Asylum to expose the abuse the inmates, as he calls them, faced. It was not long until he faced the first case of abuse imprisoned, or welcomed!, into a dark cell like room reeking of chloroform lime as he called it.
Throughout this work of #nonfiction you'll encounter unusually characters like Mr.Hawkins suffering from a chronic state of grief. Harmony a bankrupt businessman living in his own world where he owns a steam boat factory and manages his own circus company! You'll read of abuse and neglect Asylums were very famously reputed with from physical to verbal and low hygiene standards.
Everyone is whispering about a man named Hercules. Where is he? These asylums have a history of disappearances and death.
Here are the silent messengers of sympathy that go unknown.
From his enterprise he was able to expose ill-treatment and create reforms.
I'd like to mention the fact that he used what we call "traditional media" to bring justice. Both traditional and modern day Media has been and will always be a voice for those who are/were silenced.
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