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THE man in the street and the educated layman are extraordinarily uninformed on the subject of the care and treatment of the mentally afflicted, so that it is very interesting to read the history of “The Retreat, York”, a title which is very familiar to many. The title “A Retired Habitation” is, we think, a great mistake, for it does not convey any indication of the contents of the book, especially when those contents consist of the history of a very great and humane undertaking.
A Retired Habitation: a History of the Retreat, York (Mental Hospital).
By H. C. Hunt With a Foreword Dr. B. Pierce and a Chapter by Dr. N. Macleod. Pp. xvi + 144 + 12 plates. (London: H. K. Lewis and Co., Ltd., 1932.) 7s. 6d. net.
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[Short Reviews]. Nature 133, 371 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133371c0
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