BEDLAM, or BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V03,
Page 622
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
BEDLAM, or BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL
, the first English lunatic asylum, originally founded by Simon FitzMary, sheriff of London, in 1247, as a priory for the sisters and brethren of the See also: - ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
of the Star of Bethlehem
.
It had as one of its special objects the housing and entertainment of the bishop and canons of St Mary of Bethlehem, the mother- See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
, on their visits to England
.
Its first site was in Bishopsgate Street
.
It is not certain when lunatics were first received in Bedlam, but it is mentioned as a hospital in 1330 and some were there in 1403
.
In 1547 it was handed over by See also: - HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
VIII. with all its revenues to the city of London as a hospital for lunatics
.
With the exception of one such asylum in Granada, Spain, the Bethlehem Hospital was the first in Europe
.
It became famous and after-wards infamous for the brutal ill-treatment meted out to the insane (see INSANITY: Hospital Treatment)
.
In 1675 it was removed to new buildings in Moorfields and finally to its present site in St George's Fields, Lambeth
.
The word " Bedlam " has long been used generically for all lunatic asylums
.
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