Blog - Patients

A blog showcasing the creative response to the life of Frederick Robert Fogden, presented as part of our Change Minds project

A blog on the life of Annie Mills Green, a patient at Bethlem 1888-1889, presented as part of our Change Minds project

A blog on the life of Emma Peters, a patient at Bethlem 1888-1889, presented as part of our Change Minds project

A blog on the life of Sarah Jane May, a patient at Bethlem 1888-1889, presented as part of our Change Minds project

A blog on the life of Frederick Robert Fogden, a patient at Bethlem 1888-1889, presented as part of our Change Minds project

A blog on the life of Frederick Herron, a patient in Bethlem 1888-1889, presented as part of our Change Minds project

Amy Allingham is one of the first patients in Bethlem for whom we have a image, and whose life story we have been able to trace in various records

In the early 1840s Dr Alexander Morison, then joint physician at Bethlem, commissioned a series of portraits to illustrate his new book

So what relationship did Bethlem have with Black Londoners - was it open to them, or did it only look to exclude minority ethnic communities?

A blog on the life of William Carnie Jnr, a patient in Bethlem 1887-1888, by a participant in the Change Minds Online project

A blog on the life of Thomas Stringer, patient at Bethlem 1887-1888, presented as part of our Change Minds Online project

Change Minds Online brought together a group of volunteers to explore the stories of some of these people, using the casebook entries as a jumping off point