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Between Insulin And The Big- Bosomed Nurse

Bryan Appleyard THE FABER BOOK OF MADNESS edited by Roy Porter Faber, £14.99, pp.572 T he Maudsley Hospital began using insulin-shock therapy for its most deeply disturbed......

Laughter And The Love Of Friends

Anthony Powell MAURICE BARING: A CITIZEN OF EUROPE by Emma Letley Constable, £18.95, pp.269 M aurice Baring (1874-1945) was essentially an Edwardian in the sense that Max......