Medical Malpractice

Tell me about asylums from the gothic era, please?

A friend of mine asked if I could look up anything on "asylums from the Gothic era"...so around 14th century. I have looked through google and found nothing really. I would especially like information of the treatment and medical practices on the prisoners/patients .. the inner workings, the "dark" side of the asylums.

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1. Not so many actual asylums-sick and injured people were sometimes cared for by monastaries. Most insane people were left to beg. A later asylum in London was Bethlehem Hospital, shortened to Bedlam. Try googling that. Not a pretty tale.