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I am reading a theatre play from 1622, the Changeling, and there is a place similar to Bedlam, very likely to have been taken up from the real one, and there is a passage mentioning "patients" as well as "daily visitants" who were looking at the madmen for fun. This would render the first dates of mentioning the former (18th century) and latter respectively (19th century) questionable.Malej19:28, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just a different possible inaccuracy. The first footnote link to a journal discussing the possible madness or insanity of Jesus, rather than the playwright or the quote the footnote is attached to.92.234.30.143 (talk)06:45, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cite supports the Nathaniel Lee quote. But it's derived from Porter, so probably better to use that if it's to be retained. The paragraph as it is is confused.FiachraByrne (talk)00:35, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Public visitations certainly had begun by early 17th century and possibly by late 16th centuryFiachraByrne (talk)01:41, 1 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Public visits almost certainly by 1590s. Should have some account of prevalence of Bethlem/Bedlam in Jacobean plays. Also really need to account for term Bedlam.FiachraByrne (talk)22:05, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The distance between the original Bishopsgate site and the site of the Curtain is somewhat over a kilometer. You must have a rather strong arm to be able to throw a stone that distance! More to the point, is there any connection between the two, beyond the Shakespearean references above? Is it demonstrable, perhaps, thatRobert Armin, whose house was close to Bedlam, had any relationship with the hospital? There was much else in the area too.— Precedingunsigned comment added by94.5.142.222 (talk)21:33, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The point about the distance of Bethlem from those theatres is a fair one and the wording could be changed. Also, the image caption is currently unsourced, although presumably Andrews et al. 1997 and Hattori 1995 could be used. However, the connection between those theatres and Bethlem is sourced insofar as their proximity to the asylum is offered as one of two possible explanations for the staging of Bethlem in theatrical productions from the late 16th century onwards. Following an admittedly cursory search I can't find any reference in the literature linking Armin to Bethlem.FiachraByrne (talk)12:44, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Removed clean-up tag as I couldn't find any text omitted by the use of internal comments[1].FiachraByrne (talk)14:07, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The article speaks of the Parlament inquiry of 1815-16, notes that Tomas Monro resigned due to scandal...and then goes on to mention that the hospital moved in 1930. There is no mention of what happened at Bedlam in response to the inquiry, or anything else that might have happened over the span of more than a century. Surely, there must have been a reaction, and other things must have happened.85.229.60.8 (talk)10:25, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you're right, 1815 inquiry and scandal was pivotal in Bethlem; by about mid-19thC it had essentially become a private and quite up-market asylum. Just never got around to writing the end of the article I'm afraid.FiachraByrne (talk)14:35, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The image in the infobox may need to be replaced, as the current (November 2015) image depicts the hospital administration block, which now contains the museum and gallery.Personal knowledge.SENIRAM (talk)15:20, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The last paragraph of the intro looks to be in the wrong section, as well as having numerous grammatical and word choice errors. It introduces a story that belongs in the institution's history, with no connection to the general overview directly above. It also contains no citations for the incident it describes. The out-of-place paragraph reads as follows:

On an early September afternoon patients within the ward named “special cases” there began a mental out burst as the news papers explained it. the patients raided cupboards med labs and multiple other vital medicinal necessities were ruined putting the other patients in other wards in danger they later restrained majority of the patients except for 7 people who remain unnamed unfortunately. The city was distraught about this mishap and the condolences go out to the family’s of the lost patients since then the hotel is under new management and nothing bad has happened since September of 1978

I suggest that this incident, if confirmed, would belong in the "1930 to the present" subsection, where it is not currently mentioned. The final sentence incorrectly identifies Bethlem as a "hotel" (typo for "hospital"?). Its claim that "nothing bad has happened since September of 1978" seems too vague to substantiate, and is directly contradicted by the later "Fatal restraints" incident cited in 2010.

--2601:196:8602:D303:E00E:910:3F71:3830 (talk)20:33, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you click on the link by "Website" it takes you to a page that notifies you that "the page you are looking for is not available." The linked website should be changed tohttps://slam.nhs.uk/bethlem-royal-hospitalAosc2 (talk)16:32, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Updated. Thanks.Dormskirk (talk)16:59, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't Bedlam actually St. Mary spital (for poor) in contrast to a hospital (for wealthy)? On map from 1300 there's St. Mary spital in St. Botolph ward that would corespond to it's original location, north of Bishopsgate.Lwh (talk)15:47, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We must be careful not too be blasé about a serious topic like death.

"Lessons were learned and the adolescent unit where Brennan died was assessed as good in 2016" is vague and dismissive. What lessons "were learned?" What specific changes were made? Who re-assessed the hospital?Raeofsunshine393 (talk)00:08, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think the historical sections could benefit from a review for plain language, the complexity feels unnecessarySk8erboimp3 (talk)21:45, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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