Article ID: CBB061086705

Relaying station for empires’ outcasts: managing ‘lunatics’ in pre-World War II Hong Kong (2022)

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This article explores how ‘lunatics’ emerged and how they were managed beyond the capacity of institutionalization in colonial Hong Kong in the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. The story contests the conventional historiography about madmen that focuses on institutions. Unlike in Britain or in other East Asian colonial cities, inpatients stayed at the asylum only for very short periods. Instead of psychiatric admission, they were then transported by ship, either to Canton in China or to London for further care until after World War II. This article analyses how this was done to maintain a ‘clean’ cityscape, as well as an instrument to ensure the smooth operation of the port city.

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Authors & Contributors
Hocking, Clare
Pinto, Sarah Ann
Cox, Stephanie C.
Priani, Egidio
Payne, Deborah
Wilbraham, Lindy
Concepts
Mental disorders and diseases
Psychiatric hospitals
Patients
Psychiatry
Colonialism
Public health
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
21st century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
Québec (Canada)
New Zealand
Bombay (India)
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Hong Kong
Institutions
Maudsley Hospital (England)
Toronto Hospital for the Insane
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