The artist William Hogarth portrayed a "longitude lunatic" in the eight scene of his 1733 work A Rake's Progress.
The 1930 Act also replaced the term "asylum" with "mental hospital".
Criminal lunatics became Broadmoor patients in 1948 under the National Health Service Act 1946. On December 5, 2012, the US House of Representatives passed legislation approved earlier by the US Senate removing the word "lunatic" from all federal laws in the United States.
Criminal lunatics became Broadmoor patients in 1948 under the National Health Service Act 1946. On December 5, 2012, the US House of Representatives passed legislation approved earlier by the US Senate removing the word "lunatic" from all federal laws in the United States.
In an age with little street lighting, the society met on or near the night of the full moon. ==See also== Bedlam Lunar effect History of psychiatry History of psychiatric institutions ==References== ==External links== Does the full moon have any effects on mood? (cites research studies: 2 negative, 1 positive) Crackdown on lunar-fuelled crime – BBC News, 5 June 2007 Obsolete medical terms Pejorative terms for people Historical and obsolete mental and behavioural disorders Insanity Full moon
Criminal lunatics became Broadmoor patients in 1948 under the National Health Service Act 1946. On December 5, 2012, the US House of Representatives passed legislation approved earlier by the US Senate removing the word "lunatic" from all federal laws in the United States.
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