What is Madhouse (book)?
{{Infobox book | name = Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine | author = Andrew Scull | title_orig = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = | language = | series = | subject = [[Henry Cotton (doctor)|Henry Cotton]], [[focal infection theory]] | genre = Non-fiction | publisher = | pub_date = 2005 | english_pub_date = | media_type = | pages = 376 pp. | isbn = 9780300107296 | oclc = 57168770 | dewey = | congress = | italic title = force | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine''''' is a 2005 book by Andrew Scull which discusses the work of controversial [[psychiatrist]] [[Henry Cotton]] at Trenton State Hospital in [[New Jersey]] in the 1920s. Cotton thought that [[insanity]] was fundamentally a toxic disorder and he surgically removed body parts to try to improve [[mental health]].<ref name=freck/> This often began with the removal of teeth and tonsils. Much death and harm resulted from his experiments. Cotton's approach attracted some detractors, but most doctors of the day did not effectively object.<ref name=freck>{{cite journal|author1=Freckelton, Ian|title=Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine (Book review)|journal=Psychiatry, Psychology and Law|date=1 November 2005|volume=12|issue=2|pages=435–438|doi=10.1375/pplt.12.2.435|s2cid=219728333}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:2005 books]] [[Category:Ethics]] [[Category:Psychiatry]]