Project Gutenberg 2012-11-09 Public domain in the USA. 178 Merivale, Herman Charles 1839 1906 Merivale, Herman C. (Herman Charles) Merivale, H. C. (Herman Charles) Dale, Felix My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum By a Sane Patient Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum" by Herman Charles Merivale is a first-person narrative that falls under the genre of memoir, likely written in the late 19th century. The text reflects on the author's harrowing experiences within a lunatic asylum, where he was unjustly confined under the pretense of madness. The central theme revolves around the precarious nature of sanity and the abuses and injustices prevalent in the mental health system of the time, as experienced by the protagonist. The opening of the memoir sets a tone of dark humor and reflection, as the narrator, having found himself imprisoned in a lunatic asylum, contemplates the absurdity and cruelty of his situation. He describes details of life in the asylum, filled with characters often exhibiting bizarre behaviors, and elaborates on the challenges and misunderstandings surrounding mental health diagnoses. He poignantly shares his internal struggle with perceived insanity versus the reality of his situation, emphasizing how societal norms and medical misconceptions can lead to wrongful incarceration. As he navigates his experiences, the narrative critiques the systemic failures within the psychiatric care system, advocating for the rights of those who experience unjust treatment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41334/41334-h/images/cover.jpg en Insanity (Law) Mentally ill -- Care RC Text Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology 195669 195678 2024-09-17T10:57:41.543258 2023-09-18T05:59:02.347828 text/html text/html 195340 2012-11-09T15:10:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 134585 2012-11-09T15:11:28 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 147245 2024-09-17T10:57:44.490258 application/epub+zip 148999 2024-09-17T10:57:42.008288 application/epub+zip 120783 2024-09-17T10:57:41.754256 application/epub+zip 213804 2024-09-17T10:57:46.723234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191180 2024-09-17T10:57:44.200255 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 163341 2022-09-18T20:14:30.950998 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 177182 2024-09-17T10:57:41.317279 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 176901 2012-11-09T15:10:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 70010 2012-11-09T15:11:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 177053 2012-11-09T15:10:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 69956 2012-11-09T15:11:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 177053 2012-11-09T15:10:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 69898 2012-11-09T15:11:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21573 2024-09-17T10:57:46.854233 application/rdf+xml 12428 2024-09-17T10:57:41.829273 image/jpeg 2002 2024-09-17T10:57:41.791255 image/jpeg 142212 2024-09-17T10:57:41.565273 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog