'From Sanctuary To Snake Pit': A Photographic History Of The Insane Asylum
Today the very term "insane asylum" conjures up images of the squalid, cruel institutions portrayed in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Titicut Follies. "But asylums started out as philanthropic dreams," comfortable, well-appointed places of refuge and healing. (Consider the very term "asylum.") New Scientist 10/30/09 (slide show)

Posted November 4, 2009 10:09 PM