It’s the MFFI 100th episode extravaganza!! Announcements, podcast Q&As, plus a supersized topic: the History of Asylums. Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode: The Moonstruck Etymology of "Lunatic" The 21st-Century Language Act of 2012 Mental Healthcare Pre-Asylums Bedlam: The Bethlehem Royal Hospital The Mad Doctors Munro Alienists Hydrotherapy Rotational Therapy Blistering Evacuation Venesection Scarification Mercuric Chloride James Norris and Edward Wakefield The Quakers William Tuke & Hannah Mills The York Retreat Public Institutions County Asylums Act The Lunacy Act of 1845 Utica State Hospital Thomas Story Kirkbride The Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason Friends Hospital Dorothea Dix Nellie Bly, Redux Henry Cotton Julius Wagner-Jauregg Malaria Injections Insulin Coma Therapy Lobotomies, Redux Electroconvulsive Therapy, ECT Ugo Cerletti Straight Jackets The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum Domestic Trouble Sterilization The Rise of Antidepressants and Antipsychotics ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas. And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word! Midnight Merch ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~ Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript