summary: Based on 180 censored letters and two pamphlets written by psychiatric patients committed to Jydske Asyl (Asylum of Jutland) in Risskov, Denmark, between 1895 and 1920, the authors give an account of how the patients experienced their stay at the newly established mental hospital in Risskov. In the first part of the article, the authors outline central themes. The letters and pamphlets describe how a large part of the treatment at the mental hospitals involved a significant amount of coercion in various forms. In the second part of the article, they outline the mental hospital's historical context to understand the institutional context in which the patients wrote their descriptions of everyday life. The authors focus on the ideas behind the treatments the patients experienced, which involved the ideals the psychiatrists formulated when Jydske Asyl was constructed and the reality of everyday life at the mental hospital.

Signe Düring

Sarah Kirkegaard Jensen

Line Keller Jensen

Klaus Nielsen

Bulletin of the history of medicine

作为该领域超过四分之三个世纪的领先期刊，该公报涵盖了全球医学史的社会、文化和科学方面。每期都包括对近期医学史书籍的评论。经常出现的部分包括数字人文与公共历史和教育学。 BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE 是美国医学史协会 (AAHM) 和约翰霍普金斯医学史研究所的官方出版物。

The Bulletin of the History of Medicine is a leading journal in the field for over three centuries, covering the social, cultural, and scientific aspects of global medical history. Each issue includes reviews of recent books in medical history. Regular sections feature digital humanities, public history, and pedagogy. The journal is the official publication of the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) and the Johns Hopkins Institute of the History of Medicine.

《Bulletin of the History of Medicine》是该领域超过三个世纪的领先期刊，涵盖全球医学史的社会、文化和科学方面。每期都包括对近期医学史书籍的评论。常见的栏目包括数字人文、公共历史和教育学。该期刊是美国医学史协会（AAHM）和约翰霍普金斯医学史研究所的官方出版物。

Category	Quartile
哲学	2
哲学, 科学史与科学哲学	2
哲学, 卫生保健与服务	3

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