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The History of Mental Handicap in Bristol and Bath

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. Jancar
J. Jancar*
Affiliation:
Stoke Park Hospital, Bristol
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The cities of Bristol and Bath have played an eminent role in the history of mental handicap.

Unfortunately, documentation is rather scanty, particularly on the pre and post Reformation era but much more is known about the Holy Cross Hospital in Bath, perhaps the oldest mental handicap hospital in Great Britain. The Romans contributed to its foundations when they built Fossway Road on the outskirts of Bath which the pilgrims later used to visit Glastonbury.

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 11 , Issue 8 , August 1987 , pp. 261 - 264
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