hospital history:
Modern Asylums

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Other large charitable asylums in the major Scottish burghs gradually followed the example of Montrose and York. Until the middle of the 19th century, these new asylums existed alongside the older type
of private ‘mad houses’ and public ‘bedlams’.

Aberdeen Royal
Lunatic Asylum
Opened 1800
Courtesy of Aberdeen City Council Central Library

Glasgow Royal Asylum
Opened 1814
Courtesy of Glasgow City Libraries