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Seward Sanitarium
Aliases: Seward's Sanitarium
Stamford Insane Asylum [1]
Category: Medical center
Continent: Europe
Country: England
County: Essex
Town: Purfleet
Residents: Doctor Seward; Renfield
Notable apperances: Dracula
Universal Monsters
1st appearance: Dracula (1931)

The Seward Sanitarium is a fictional mental health facility that features prominently in the Dracula multimedia franchise. It was a key setting utilized in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula and has appeared in several film adaptations of Stoker's book, beginning with the 1931 Universal Pictures film classic, Dracula. Also known as Seward's Sanitarium, it has also appeared in Universal's Spanish release of Drácula by director George Melford as well as the 1979 adaptation of Dracula by director John Badham and Francis Ford Coppola's stylish Gothic interpretation in 1992, which is aptly named, Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Description & History[]

The Seward Sanitarium is a lunatic asylum that is located in the town of Purfleet in the county of Essex and lies adjacent to the Gothic estate known as Carfax Abbey. The asylum was founded and managed by Doctor Seward in the latter half of the 19th century. One of his most infamous patients was a deranged insect-eating madman named Renfield who, unbeknownst to Doctor Seward at the time, was the hapless slave of the vampire known as Dracula.

Films that feature Seward Sanitarium[]

Residents of Seward Sanitarium[]

Character Film/Series
Jack Seward Dracula (1992)
Mina Murray Dracula (1992)
R.M. Renfield Dracula (1992)

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See also[]

Media

The World of Dracula

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