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'''''Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine''''' is a 2005 book by the psychiatric sociologist [[Andrew Scull]] which discusses the work of controversial [[psychiatrist]] [[Henry Cotton (doctor)|Henry Cotton]] at [[Trenton Psychiatric Hospital|Trenton State Hospital]] in New Jersey in the 1920s. The book was reviewed on ''[[Psychiatric Services]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Geller, Jeffrey|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[Psychiatric Services]]|date=1 July 2006|volume=57|issue=7|pages=1054–1055|doi=10.1176/appi.ps.57.7.1054}}</ref> ''[[The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Charuvastra, Anthony|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease]]|date=July 2006|volume=194|issue=7|pages=553–554|doi=10.1097/01.nmd.0000224947.31227.fb}}</ref> ''[[History of Psychiatry (journal)|History of Psychiatry]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Gladstone, David|title=Book Review: Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[History of Psychiatry (journal)|History of Psychiatry]]|date=December 2006|volume=17|issue=4|pages=499–500|doi=10.1177/0957154X0606072901|url=http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/57/08/48/PDF/PEER_stage2_10.1177%252F0957154X0606072901.pdf}}</ref> ''[[BMJ]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Double, DB|title=Book Review: Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[BMJ]]|date=28 May 2005|volume=330|issue=7502|pages=1276|doi=10.1136/bmj.330.7502.1276|pmc=558112}}</ref> ''[[The Journal of the American Medical Association]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Hirshbein, Laura|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[The Journal of the American Medical Association]]|date=24/31 August 2005|volume=294|issue=8|pages=968–969|doi=10.1001/jama.294.8.968-b}}</ref> ''[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Warme, Gordon|title=A cautionary tale. Madhouse: a tragic tale of megalomania and modern medicine|journal=[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]|date=3 January 2006|volume=174|issue=1|pages=68|doi=10.1503/cmaj.051016|url=http://www.cmaj.ca/content/174/1/68.short}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Deshauer, Dorian|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]|date=26 May 2009|volume=180|issue=11|pages=1139|doi=10.1503/cmaj.081925|url=http://www.cmaj.ca/content/180/11/1139.2.short}}</ref> ''[[The New England Journal of Medicine]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Michel, Robert|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[The New England Journal of Medicine]]|date=3 November 2005|volume=353|pages=1980–1981|doi=10.1056/NEJM200511033531824}}</ref> ''[[Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Moran, James|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (review)|journal=[[Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences]]|date=April 2007|volume=62|issue=2|pages=262–264|doi=10.1093/jhmas/jrl055|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jhm/summary/v062/62.2moran.html}}</ref> ''[[Journal of Social History]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Gollaher, David|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (review)|journal=[[Journal of Social History]]|date=Summer 2006|volume=39|issue=4|pages=1221–1223|doi=10.1353/jsh.2006.0038}}</ref> ''[[Journal of American History]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Dwyer, Ellen|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[The Journal of American History]]|date=2006|volume=93|issue=1|pages=253–254|doi=10.2307/4486164}}</ref> ''[[Bulletin of the History of Medicine]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Brown, Edward|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (review)|journal=[[Bulletin of the History of Medicine]]|date=Fall 2006|volume=80|issue=3|pages=597–598|doi=10.1353/bhm.2006.0086|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/bhm/summary/v080/80.3brown_e.html}}</ref> and other publications.<ref name=freck>{{cite journal|author1=Freckelton, Ian|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (Book review)|journal=Psychiatry, Psychology and Law|date=1 November 2005|volume=12|issue=2|pages=435–438|doi=10.1375/pplt.12.2.435}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Prior, Pauline|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=Social History of Medicine|date=2006|volume=19|issue=1|pages=150–152|doi=10.1093/shm/hkj010}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Fink, Max|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=The Journal of ECT|date=September 2005|volume=21|issue=3|pages=191–193|url=http://journals.lww.com/ectjournal/Citation/2005/09000/Madhouse__A_Tragic_Tale_of_Megalomania_and_Modern.17.aspx}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Freeman, Hugh, MD|title=Infectious lunacy. Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[The Times Literary Supplement]]|date=2 September 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Barham, Peter|title=Elimination. Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[London Review of Books]]|date=18 August 2005|volume=27|issue=17|pages=22|url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v27/n16/peter-barham/elimination}}</ref>
'''''Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine''''' is a 2005 book by the psychiatric sociologist [[Andrew Scull]] which discusses the work of controversial [[psychiatrist]] [[Henry Cotton (doctor)|Henry Cotton]] at [[Trenton Psychiatric Hospital|Trenton State Hospital]] in New Jersey in the 1920s. The book was reviewed on ''[[Psychiatric Services]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Geller, Jeffrey|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[Psychiatric Services]]|date=1 July 2006|volume=57|issue=7|pages=1054–1055|doi=10.1176/appi.ps.57.7.1054}}</ref> ''[[The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Charuvastra, Anthony|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease]]|date=July 2006|volume=194|issue=7|pages=553–554|doi=10.1097/01.nmd.0000224947.31227.fb}}</ref> ''[[History of Psychiatry (journal)|History of Psychiatry]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Gladstone, David|title=Book Review: Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[History of Psychiatry (journal)|History of Psychiatry]]|date=December 2006|volume=17|issue=4|pages=499–500|doi=10.1177/0957154X0606072901|url=http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/57/08/48/PDF/PEER_stage2_10.1177%252F0957154X0606072901.pdf}}</ref> ''[[BMJ]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Double, DB|title=Book Review: Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[BMJ]]|date=28 May 2005|volume=330|issue=7502|pages=1276|doi=10.1136/bmj.330.7502.1276|pmc=558112}}</ref> ''[[The Journal of the American Medical Association]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Hirshbein, Laura|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[The Journal of the American Medical Association]]|date=24/31 August 2005|volume=294|issue=8|pages=968–969|doi=10.1001/jama.294.8.968-b}}</ref> ''[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Warme, Gordon|title=A cautionary tale. Madhouse: a tragic tale of megalomania and modern medicine|journal=[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]|date=3 January 2006|volume=174|issue=1|pages=68|doi=10.1503/cmaj.051016|url=http://www.cmaj.ca/content/174/1/68.short}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Deshauer, Dorian|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]|date=26 May 2009|volume=180|issue=11|pages=1139|doi=10.1503/cmaj.081925|url=http://www.cmaj.ca/content/180/11/1139.2.short}}</ref> ''[[The New England Journal of Medicine]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Michel, Robert|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[The New England Journal of Medicine]]|date=3 November 2005|volume=353|pages=1980–1981|doi=10.1056/NEJM200511033531824}}</ref> ''[[Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Moran, James|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (review)|journal=[[Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences]]|date=April 2007|volume=62|issue=2|pages=262–264|doi=10.1093/jhmas/jrl055|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jhm/summary/v062/62.2moran.html}}</ref> ''[[Journal of Social History]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Gollaher, David|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (review)|journal=[[Journal of Social History]]|date=Summer 2006|volume=39|issue=4|pages=1221–1223|doi=10.1353/jsh.2006.0038}}</ref> ''[[Journal of American History]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Dwyer, Ellen|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[The Journal of American History]]|date=2006|volume=93|issue=1|pages=253–254|doi=10.2307/4486164}}</ref> ''[[Bulletin of the History of Medicine]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Brown, Edward|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (review)|journal=[[Bulletin of the History of Medicine]]|date=Fall 2006|volume=80|issue=3|pages=597–598|doi=10.1353/bhm.2006.0086|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/bhm/summary/v080/80.3brown_e.html}}</ref> and other publications.<ref name=freck>{{cite journal|author1=Freckelton, Ian|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (Book review)|journal=Psychiatry, Psychology and Law|date=1 November 2005|volume=12|issue=2|pages=435–438|doi=10.1375/pplt.12.2.435}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Prior, Pauline|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=Social History of Medicine|date=2006|volume=19|issue=1|pages=150–152|doi=10.1093/shm/hkj010}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Fink, Max|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=The Journal of ECT|date=September 2005|volume=21|issue=3|pages=191–193|url=http://journals.lww.com/ectjournal/Citation/2005/09000/Madhouse__A_Tragic_Tale_of_Megalomania_and_Modern.17.aspx}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Freeman, Hugh, MD|title=Infectious lunacy. Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[The Times Literary Supplement]]|date=2 September 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Barham, Peter|title=Elimination. Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine|journal=[[London Review of Books]]|date=18 August 2005|volume=27|issue=17|pages=22|url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v27/n16/peter-barham/elimination}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Meyer, Charles, M.D.|title=Brilliance or Brutality? Two stories of 20th century physicians who thought they could surgically rid their patients of mental illness|journal=Minnesota Medicine|date=January 2007|volume=http://www.minnesotamedicine.com/Past-Issues/Past-Issues-2007/January-2007/Book-Review-January-2007}}</ref>


Cotton became convinced that [[insanity]] was fundamentally a toxic disorder and he surgically removed body parts to try to improve [[mental health]].<ref name=freck/> This often began with the removal of teeth and tonsils:
Cotton became convinced that [[insanity]] was fundamentally a toxic disorder and he surgically removed body parts to try to improve [[mental health]].<ref name=freck/> This often began with the removal of teeth and tonsils:

Revision as of 19:07, 10 August 2014

Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine
Cover
AuthorAndrew Scull
SubjectHenry Cotton, focal infection theory
GenreNon-fiction
Publication date
2005
Pages376 pp.
ISBNISBN 9780300107296 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character
OCLC57168770

Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine is a 2005 book by the psychiatric sociologist Andrew Scull which discusses the work of controversial psychiatrist Henry Cotton at Trenton State Hospital in New Jersey in the 1920s. The book was reviewed on Psychiatric Services,[1] The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease,[2] History of Psychiatry,[3] BMJ,[4] The Journal of the American Medical Association,[5] Canadian Medical Association Journal,[6][7] The New England Journal of Medicine,[8] Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences,[9] Journal of Social History,[10] Journal of American History,[11] Bulletin of the History of Medicine,[12] and other publications.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

Cotton became convinced that insanity was fundamentally a toxic disorder and he surgically removed body parts to try to improve mental health.[13] This often began with the removal of teeth and tonsils:

An 18 year-old girl with agitated depression successively had her upper and lower molars extracted, a tonsillectomy, sinus drainage, treatment for an infected cervix, removal of intestinal adhesions—all without effecting improvement in her psychiatric condition. Then the remainder of her teeth were removed and she was sent home, pronounced cured.[13]

Scull argues that Cotton's obsession with focal sepsis as the root cause of mental illness "persisted in spite of all evidence to the contrary and the frightening incidence of death and harm from the operations he initiated".[13] Cotton's approach attracted some detractors, but the medical establishment of the day did not effectively renounce or discipline him.[13]

One reviewer called Madhouse "a fine piece of historical research with a modern relevance", and added that "it makes compelling reading".[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ Geller, Jeffrey (1 July 2006). "Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine". Psychiatric Services. 57 (7): 1054–1055. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.57.7.1054.
  2. ^ Charuvastra, Anthony (July 2006). "Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine". The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 194 (7): 553–554. doi:10.1097/01.nmd.0000224947.31227.fb.
  3. ^ Gladstone, David (December 2006). "Book Review: Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine" (PDF). History of Psychiatry. 17 (4): 499–500. doi:10.1177/0957154X0606072901.
  4. ^ Double, DB (28 May 2005). "Book Review: Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine". BMJ. 330 (7502): 1276. doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7502.1276. PMC 558112.
  5. ^ Hirshbein, Laura (24/31 August 2005). "Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine". The Journal of the American Medical Association. 294 (8): 968–969. doi:10.1001/jama.294.8.968-b. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Warme, Gordon (3 January 2006). "A cautionary tale. Madhouse: a tragic tale of megalomania and modern medicine". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 174 (1): 68. doi:10.1503/cmaj.051016.
  7. ^ Deshauer, Dorian (26 May 2009). "Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 180 (11): 1139. doi:10.1503/cmaj.081925.
  8. ^ Michel, Robert (3 November 2005). "Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine". The New England Journal of Medicine. 353: 1980–1981. doi:10.1056/NEJM200511033531824.
  9. ^ Moran, James (April 2007). "Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (review)". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 62 (2): 262–264. doi:10.1093/jhmas/jrl055.
  10. ^ Gollaher, David (Summer 2006). "Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (review)". Journal of Social History. 39 (4): 1221–1223. doi:10.1353/jsh.2006.0038.
  11. ^ Dwyer, Ellen (2006). "Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine". The Journal of American History. 93 (1): 253–254. doi:10.2307/4486164.
  12. ^ Brown, Edward (Fall 2006). "Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (review)". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 80 (3): 597–598. doi:10.1353/bhm.2006.0086.
  13. ^ a b c d e f Freckelton, Ian (1 November 2005). "Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (Book review)". Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. 12 (2): 435–438. doi:10.1375/pplt.12.2.435.
  14. ^ Prior, Pauline (2006). "Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine". Social History of Medicine. 19 (1): 150–152. doi:10.1093/shm/hkj010.
  15. ^ Fink, Max (September 2005). "Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine". The Journal of ECT. 21 (3): 191–193.
  16. ^ Freeman, Hugh, MD (2 September 2005). "Infectious lunacy. Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine". The Times Literary Supplement.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Barham, Peter (18 August 2005). "Elimination. Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine". London Review of Books. 27 (17): 22.
  18. ^ Meyer, Charles, M.D. (January 2007). "Brilliance or Brutality? Two stories of 20th century physicians who thought they could surgically rid their patients of mental illness". Minnesota Medicine. http://www.minnesotamedicine.com/Past-Issues/Past-Issues-2007/January-2007/Book-Review-January-2007. {{cite journal}}: External link in |volume= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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