Monomaniac Academy: Bethlehem Hospital
Anon
Genre: | Announcement, Satire |
Subjects: | Mental Illness, Hospitals, Crime |
Announces the opening of an 'Academy for the instruction of youth in the art of insanity'. Adds that it will enable young criminals to 'escape punishment', pickpockets to 'become monomaniacs pro tempore', and to enable others to 'remove all impediments' to legacies. | |
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