Transition Period (jan 1, 1774 – jan 1, 1838)
Description:
* Place: Private Madhouses, Subscription Insane Hospitals, Public Asylums* Authority: Justices of the Peace, Prefects, Reeves, Physicians (more conspicuous)
* Certification Provisions: One physician
* Term of confinement: Undefined
* Growing emphasis on Care, Curability, and Early Treatment
* Examples:
* Tuscan Law 1774
* Private Madhouses Legislation in England 1774, 1808, 1828
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1774
jan 1, 1838
~ 64 years