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Bedlam: see Bethlem Royal Hospital Bethlem Royal Hospital (bĕth`ləm)
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bedlam
Archaic a lunatic asylum; madhouse

bedlam
from Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem, former English insane asylum. [Br. Folklore: Jobes, 193]
See : Confusion

Bedlam
(Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem) first asylum for the insane in England; noted for brutal treatment of its patients. [Br. Hist.: EB, I: 924]
See : Madness


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