The aristocratic vice: The medical treatment of drug addiction at the Homewood Retreat, 1883-1900
dc.contributor.author | Krasnick, Cheryl L. | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Homewood Retreat (historical), Guelph, Ontario, Canada, http://sws.geonames.org/11468277/ | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-17T18:37:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-17T18:37:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1983 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Krasnick, C.L. (1983). The aristocratic vice: The medical treatment of drug addiction at the Homewood Retreat, 1883-1900. Ontario History, 75(4), 403-427. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0030-2953 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10613/3127 | |
dc.description.abstract | For most of the nineteenth century, drug addicts did not constitute a deviant social group but were simply individuals guilty of a specific moral transgression. By the 1920s, however, addicts were clearly social deviants, defined by both illness and by vice, and demanded institutional isolation. | en |
dc.format.extent | 25 p. | en |
dc.format.medium | text | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | The Ontario Historical Society | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Psychiatric hospitals--Ontario--Guelph--History | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Psychiatry--Canada--History--19th century | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Substance abuse treatment facilities--19th century | en |
dc.subject.other | Homewood Retreat (Guelph, Ont.) | en |
dc.title | The aristocratic vice: The medical treatment of drug addiction at the Homewood Retreat, 1883-1900 | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.description.note | This is an electronic version of an article published as: Krasnick, C.L. (1983). The aristocratic vice: The medical treatment of drug addiction at the Homewood Retreat, 1883-1900. Ontario History, 75(4), 403-427. Ontario History is published by The Ontario Historical Society. More information about the journal can be found here: https://www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/index.php/education-publications/publications/ontariohistory | en |
dc.description.fulltext | https://viuspace.viu.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/3127/Warsh.OH.1983.pdf?sequence=3 | en |