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 fiftyone_eggs
  
Location: jerzey
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 |  |  | Wrongfully Admitted to Sunbury Asylum
< on 5/31/2013 2:08 AM >
|  | | | The UE undertones and horrific true story make this a must-watch for those of us who love asylums:
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/inmotion/2013/05/10/editors-pick-wrongfully-admitted-t-sunbury-asylum /
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In 1945, Maraquita Sargeant, a mother of five young children, was admitted against her will to Sunbury Mental Asylum in Australia. Her youngest child, Tony, has spent the last 50 years of his life searching for answers.
Walking the grounds of the now vacant and dilapidated Sunbury, Tony claims his mother was the victim of an era where there were no contraceptives and divorce was not allowed. Having five children already, Maraquita was not willing to give birth again and soon after was admitted. In 1946, she wrote a letter to the governor of Victoria stating she had been “unjustly detained.” The governor responded with a letter to the mental hygiene director and stated the letter “appears to be from a sane person.” The hygiene director’s response can only be described as chilling:
“She is definitely insane and if released would be a threat to certain prominent people’s reputations.”
With the director alerted to Maraquita’s attempt to write the governor, he shipped her to the Royal Melbourne Hospital where she received a lobotomy—a new and experimental procedure at the time that involved separating the front of her brain from the back. The operation was considered a failure. Maraquita spent her time at Sunbury in the sewing room repairing linen and ironing. Despite the injustice, Maraquita remained optimistic and in 1967 she was released.
Upon her release, Maraquita was disorientated so an attempt to reinstitutionalize her was made. Tony called for a psychiatric evaluation and the psychiatrist reported that there was nothing wrong with her. The chairman of the meeting with the psychiatrist delivered perhaps the most haunting news:
“Mr. Sargeant, there is nothing wrong with your mom. Never has been.”
[last edit 5/31/2013 10:30 AM by fiftyone_eggs - edited 1 times]
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CatAndTie
Location: Southeastern PA
Gender: Male
LifeInDecay. com
| | | Re: Wrongfully Admitted to Sunbury Asylum
<Reply # 1 on 5/31/2013 2:47 AM >
| | | | This link isn't working?
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fiftyone_eggs
Location: jerzey
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Wrongfully Admitted to Sunbury Asylum
<Reply # 2 on 5/31/2013 10:31 AM >
| | | | Sorry... fixed it.
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cr400
    
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
| | Re: Wrongfully Admitted to Sunbury Asylum
<Reply # 3 on 5/31/2013 5:30 PM >
| | | | Wonder how she spent her remaining years?
I hope they were good, or as good as could be expected?
You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far.
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fiftyone_eggs
Location: jerzey
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Wrongfully Admitted to Sunbury Asylum
<Reply # 4 on 5/31/2013 5:47 PM >
| | | | Posted by cr400
Wonder how she spent her remaining years?
I hope they were good, or as good as could be expected?
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She was the victim of a "failed" lobotomy so I doubt they were very good unfortunately.
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DevilC
 
Location: Washington, District of Corruption
Gender: Male
I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their views.
| | | Re: Wrongfully Admitted to Sunbury Asylum
<Reply # 5 on 5/31/2013 6:18 PM >
| | | | Horrific.
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Dougo
Wrong account -- Look for other Doug
Location: Victoria, Australia
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Wrongfully Admitted to Sunbury Asylum
<Reply # 6 on 6/3/2013 7:25 PM >
| | | | Posted by fiftyone_eggs
She was the victim of a "failed" lobotomy so...
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...probably like most Australians then... at the beach or pub!!!
Yes, I even troll my own country 
Interesting story thanks.
Not uncommon either.
Cheers
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cr400
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
| | Re: Wrongfully Admitted to Sunbury Asylum
<Reply # 7 on 6/3/2013 8:40 PM >
| | | | I read a book many years ago, authored by a recipient of a frontal lobotomy. He grew into adulthood, married, had kids, wrote a book......
I would hope Maraquita was at least able to sit in a sunny garden and feel some kind of warmth and enjoy the flowers.
From what I've read about lobotomy's, just because they've failed to meet the objective, they don't all result in a lifetime of drooling and throwing of fecal matter.
But one can only hope.....
You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far.
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fiftyone_eggs
Location: jerzey
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Wrongfully Admitted to Sunbury Asylum
<Reply # 8 on 6/3/2013 8:58 PM >
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Upon her release, Maraquita was disorientated so an attempt to reinstitutionalize her was made. Tony called for a psychiatric evaluation and the psychiatrist reported that there was nothing wrong with her. The chairman of the meeting with the psychiatrist delivered perhaps the most haunting news:
“Mr. Sargeant, there is nothing wrong with your mom. Never has been.”
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I know. 'Tony' mentions the failed lobotomy, and refers vaguely to some degree of resulting nerve damage. But then upon her release another psychiatrist declares that (despite disorientation) there is nothing wrong with her - which makes me scratch my head a bit. I take it she wasn't reduced to Quasimodo, but surely something about you changes after your frontal lobe gets scrambled.
Just another reason you never want to wind up a ward of the state.
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cr400
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
| | Re: Wrongfully Admitted to Sunbury Asylum
<Reply # 9 on 6/3/2013 10:04 PM >
| | | | Good advice......
You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far.
Honorary member of UER lifetime acheivement award winning, 2Xplorations and Guide Services, Texas. |
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