TY - JOUR T1 - A visit to Brookwood Aslyum in the 19th century JF - Medical Humanities JO - J Med Humanit SP - e45 LP - e45 DO - 10.1136/medhum-2017-011316 VL - 43 IS - 4 AU - Charlotte Cliffe Y1 - 2017/12/01 UR - http://mh.bmj.com/content/43/4/e45.abstract N2 - During a visit to Surrey History museum, I reviewed a number of archived patient notes from the old Brookwood Asylum. Patient notes dating back to the late 19th century. Reading through these prompted considerable sadness as it became clear many patients were incarcerated for several years without contact from the outside world. Often these were patients who had nowhere else to go. … ER -