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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- 1. BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL AND ITS BACKGROUND -- 2. BEDLAM AND THE THEATER -- 3. THE THEORIES OF MENTAL PATHOLOGY AND OF CONDUCT -- 4. THE PATHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF MELANCHOLY -- 5. THE THEATRICALITY OF NEAR MADNESS -- 6. JOHN FORD, AND THE REFINEMENT OF BEDLAM -- NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX