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Show ! 8 8Ow e H HOE OE OW : By 8y JEAN IT : NEWTONWhy NEWTON STARTE STARTEBy STARTEe : o : ED , . . . I I , _ , . I . . I . I I I I . I . I . . . Why Is It "Bedlam Bedlam " " ? EV EVER R there was a word which whichcondensed whichcondensed whichcondensed HF IF condensed within It a great reat pano panorama . rama of religious history , we have it itIn itin Itin In "Bedlam Bedlam " . , " which we know to Indlcate IndJ lndi IndJcate lndiCate cate noisy confusion . . "Bedlam Bedlam " " Is a corruption or abbre abbre- abbreviation abbreviation abbreviation - - viation of "Bethlehem Bethlehem " , . " which was em- em embodied embodied em embodied - bodied In the name of ot the London Londonbranch Londonbranch Londonbranch branch of the Palestine Palestme medico-reli- medico reli medico- - medicoreligIous medicoreligious medico-roll-glous medico roll glous - - - gIous reli-gious reli - Institution known as St St . . Mary ot of otBethlehem ofBethlehem ofBethlehem Bethlehem , . dedicated to the Virgin . From rrom its original use as a sort ot of otmedieval ofmedieval ofmedieval medieval fraternal clubhouse for Its Itstrnvehng itstraveling Itstraveling trnvehng traveling sick members . , It developed developedInto developedinto developedInto Into an Insane asylum which was wasgiven wasgiven wasgiven given to the city of London during duringthe duringthe duringthe the reign of Henry VIII . , being there there- thereafter thereafter - ' after known as Bethlehem Bethlebem hospital bospital or or"Bedlam or"Bedlam or"Bedlam orBedlam " " "Bedlam Bedlam "It It " Is Interesting to observe , . " com com- comment comment . - ment the famous etymologists Gre Gremough Gremough Gremough mough and Kittredge . , "that that "tbat tbat " In the bIs his bIstory history history tory of ot this word we have Involved Involvedthe involvedthe Involvedthe the founding foundmg of ot the Christian religion religionthe , . the pissing p'lssmg plssmg ' of the Ue tlfe { Holy Land Into the thecontrol thecontrol thecontrol control of the Saracens , . the tbe crusades crusadeswhich crusadeswhich crusadeswhich which restored It to Christianity CbrlstIanlty , the thecontmued thecontinued thecontinued contmued continued relations between the ' Latin LatinOrient LatinOrient LatinOrient Orient and western ssestern \ estern Europe Curope , , . the wbol wholt wholetheory ( ' ' theory and practice of monastic In Instttutions institutions Institutlons stttutions stitutions and fraternities fratermties , with their theirlabors theirlabors theirlabors labors ) in 10 n behalf of the poor and sick sickthe , the reformation In general , . and . , In Inparticular inparticular Inparticular particular , the reformation in Cngland England Cnglandunder Englandunder Englandunder under Henry VIII . , \ with Ith its lts confusIon confusionof of religious and secular motives moll.es molles moll.es"IncJdentally motives"Incidentally motives"Incidentally . "Incidentally Incidentally "IncJdentally IncJdentally " , . this invo1\ invo1 invohes invo1es invokes \ es the per personal personal personal sonal ll1stor history of Henry VIII and par partlcularly partitularly particularly tlcularly titularly his quarrel with the pope popeover popeover popeover over the question of his dn divorce disorce orce Crom from CromKatherme fromKatherine fromKathenne Katherme Katherine of Angon Ar1.gon Ar1gon Aragon . : and lnd his ID1r1lage mirilage minlageto ID1r1lageto mirilageto to Anne Bolen Bolen'In Bole , n'In n 'In In ' In other'Lords other \ ' vords 'Lords Lords ' ords , the historv blstorr history of the thesingle thesingle thesingle single word 'Bedlam Bedlam ' ' cannot be com corn completely cornpletely cornpletely pletely und understood rstood \ without Ithout some somel.no someknowledge someknowledge l.noledge knowledge l.no\\ l.no . \ ledge of the history of Europeand Curope Europe Curopeand Europeand and Asli Ash Asia for mOl moie e than 1,500 1500 , years " @ 1M3 19J3 1933 Be1iSndICate-WA.UServlce Be1iSndICateWA.UServlce Be1iSndICate WA.UServlce WAUServlce Bell Dell S Syndicate ) ndlc le leW11 -W11 W11 - WMJ . U Service |