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Ten Days in the Madhouse
Literature疯人院十日
(us) Nellie Bly
American female reporter Nellie Bly received a task to investigate the New York Lunatic Asylum, so she pretended to be a lunatic and deceived her step by step. She successfully sneaked into the Lunatic Asylum on Black Spring Island and spent ten days and nights with mental patients. She exposed the chaotic management and insensitivity of the staff in such a charitable institution, as well as the fact that patients were subjected to various abuses. After this report was published in the New York World, it caused a great impact. Finally, the New York government decided to allocate more funds for the relief of mentally ill patients.
American female reporter Nellie Bly received a task to investigate the New York Lunatic Asylum, so she pretended to be a lunatic and deceived her step by step. She successfully sneaked into the Lunatic Asylum on Black Spring Island and spent ten days and nights with mental patients. She exposed the chaotic management and insensitivity of the staff in such a charitable institution, as well as the fact that patients were subjected to various abuses. After this report was published in the New York World, it caused a great impact. Finally, the New York government decided to allocate more funds for the relief of mentally ill patients.