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middle class

middle class In this historical asylum context, the middle class means people of moderate financial means who paid for their care as private patients.

In this historical asylum context, the middle class means people of moderate financial means who paid for their care as private patients. The term is used to distinguish them from pauper patients and from the upper class.

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Drafting source: Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine. 1892 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 7ec833f3f4ff2826cb5eba1722a767adae625ac9f49f83035a464dc975564f96. “Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine” (dictionaryofpsyc02tuke:chars-2068500-2080500).
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