The mental asylum of San Servolo,Venice (1860–1978): plots,
classifications,subjects, epistemology and history.
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In autumn 2006, Professor Mario Galzigna (Department of Historical Studies, Ca'
Foscari University, Venice) started a historical-epistemological research
project at the Archives of the Foundation IRSESC (Social and Cultural
Emargination Research and Studies Institute:
http://www.fondazionesanservolo.it/html/fondazione.asp), formerly seat of the
old mental asylum of Venice (which closed on 13 August 1978 after 250 years).
The Foundation's heritage comprises a very large archive including the following
sections: administrative; sanitary; accounting; photographic. In addition, it
includes the book collections of the old psychiatric hospitals of San
Servolo,San Clemente (feminine section: 1873–1987) and provincial civil Hospital
SS.Giovanni e Paolo of Venice (mental hospital section). There is also material
relating to San Servolo's pharmacy. The main aim of the research so far – by
means of a systematic examination of a selection of clinical records – has been
the reconstruction of the psychiatric apparatus of San Servolo from 1840 to
1904, in its multiple forms, and the analysis of the network of relations
between the asylum and other main institutions, with particular attention to
those with political, sanitary and judicial power in the Veneto region of the
period.
Now we would like to enlarge the perspective of this research by setting the
psychiatric experience of San Servolo into the historical, institutional and
scientific European context from the point of view of both psychiatric practice
and clinical nosography (evolution in diagnostical approaches; assessment of the
influence of European scientifi c production on these practices and theories).
At present, we are looking for European or non-European sponsors and
partners and fi nancial support in order to continue our work in a wider,
international perspective and context.
For further information, please contact:
EGIDIO PRIANI ([log in to unmask])
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