At the time of Joseph Guislain’s visit to the Ospedale Psichiatrico S. Maria Maddalena, Aversa, the hospital’s ward for female patients - called Monte Vergine - took care of almost 160 female mental patients. Here a form of hydrotherapy - fumigations aromatiques - was in use alongside workshop-centred occupational therapy. Guislain reported a
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