Art See These Disturbing Photos from the 19th Century Parisian Asylum and Women’s Hospice: La Salpêtrière In 1656, King Louis XIV ordered the La Salpêtrière gunpowder factory to be converted to a hospice for poor women. His idea was to... MeghanSeptember 27, 2022
Art LAURA MAKABRESKU’S PHOTO SERIES “DAYS OF PURIFICATION”. A VOYAGE INTO A POLISH PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL AND INTO THE PAIN OF REBIRTH. “Kάθαρσις”(read: Katharsis). In the atavistic Greece, katharsis found its place in magical rites, performed to clear the body from all corruptions, illness and contaminations.... Chiara FranchiSeptember 25, 2018
Cvlture Terrifying 19th and 20th Century Asylum Equipment The asylum industry of the 18th through 20th century is a subject I’m fascinated by. It shows the best and worst of humanity, our drive to... MeghanAugust 24, 2016
Bizarre List Of Reasons For Admissions To An Insane Asylum From The 1800’s Looking at this list of the reasons for admission to the Trans-Allegheny Asylum in Weston, WV, I feel like if I was alive in... Sean ReveronJune 8, 2016