Join author Mindy McGinnis for a discussion on the research behind her award-winning Gothic historical thriller, A Madness So Discreet.
About this event
Author Mindy McGinnis shares the research behind her Edgar Award-winning Gothic historical thriller, A Madness So Discreet. Learn about how doctors treated brain injuries in the 1890s and the different aspects of care for the mentally ill--for better or for worse. Also included is a brief history of the Athens Lunatic Asylum, the setting for the novel.
This event is part of "Lessons from the Intersections of the Humanities and Medicine," a series of three Ohio Humanities Speakers Bureau events examining the connections between health care and the public humanities.