The Bethlem Royal Hospital (or Bedlam as it was also known by this period) is one of the world's oldest hospitals for the treatment of mental illness, and received visitors from around the world.

themselves or others. In the nineteenth century, objects like these became a symbol of the "non-restraint" movement in British psychiatry. Bethlem superintendent W. Charles Hood (1824 - 70 ...

I was advised to attend the Emergency Department at the Royal Victoria Hospital to get checked out ... wasn't as bad as it was to become. It was bedlam. Throughout the day, I was brought in ...

At one of the entrances of the station you can spot a City of London blue plaque that marks the hospital’s original location.

Dawn Surl, 65, from St Blazey, has recently been discharged from the Royal Cornwall Hospital (RCH ... She said: "It was just…bedlam, absolute bedlam. People were staying on these chairs and ...

I was advised to attend the Emergency Department at the Royal Victoria Hospital to get checked out after attending ... but at that stage it wasn't as bad as it was to become. It was bedlam. Throughout ...