Download or read book The Philosophy of Insanity written by James Frame and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the insane and their institutional provision by a former inmate of Glasgow Royal Asylum. Frame's chronicle graphically delineates his own illness and the roles and perspectives of clinicians, managers, patients and relations. Offers insights about the medico-moral ethos and milieu of the mid-Victorian Scottish asylum.