asylums

Meaning

of Asylum

Synonyms

Phrases with the word

Anagrams

Examples

He visited asylums and became fascinated with the art of the mentally ill patients; he also started painting that year, producing sketches in the garden of the Brühl castle, and portraits of his sister and himself. Source: Internet

Thackeray desperately sought cures for her, but nothing worked, and she ended up in two different asylums in or near Paris until 1845, after which Thackeray took her back to England, where he installed her with a Mrs Bakewell at Camberwell. Source: Internet

As a result of their orientations being exposed, their families forced them into asylums, where they often endured castration, hysterectomy, or lobotomy. Source: Internet

Asylum "inmates" were increasingly referred to as "patients", and asylums renamed as hospitals. Source: Internet

During Reconstruction, the state legislature mobilized to provide for public need more than had previous governments: establishing public schools and investing in infrastructure, as well as charitable institutions such as hospitals and asylums. Source: Internet

Four of her eight children and her husband died before she did, and her husband and one of her sons ended their lives in insane asylums. Source: Internet