...dress of which the sleeves terminate in a stuffed glove without divisions for the thumb and lingers. But no form of strait-waistcoat, no hand-straps, no...or limbs, or any of the muscles, is now in use. The coercion chairs, about forty in number, have been altogether removed from the wards; no chair of this...

...glove without divisions for the thumb and fingers. But no form of strait-waistcoat, no hand-slraps, no leg-locks, nor any contrivance confining the trunk or limbs, or any of Jhe muscles, is now in use. The coercion chairs, about forty in number, have been altogether removed...

...first report to the visitors, in which he announced the entire abolition of mechanical restraint. " No form of strait-waistcoat, no hand-straps, no leglocks,...trunk or limbs or any of the muscles, is now in use," he writes in that report. For this great practical reform he had prepared himself before entering on...

...the 1st of June, 1839, and -on the 21st of September there was not a single patient in restraint. " No form of strait-waistcoat, no hand-straps, no leg-locks,...trunk or limbs, or any of the muscles, is now in use," he writes in his first report. Even at so early a period he was able to say uthat, notwithstanding...

...patient in the asylum had been under restraint. He adds, — "no form of strait-waistcoat, no handcuffs, no leg-locks, nor any contrivance confining the trunk,...or limbs, or any of the muscles, is now in use. The coercion chairs, about forty in number, have been altogether removed from the wards." The reasons for...

...not one patient has been under restraint. No form of straight waistcoat, no handcuff's, no leg locks, nor any contrivance confining the trunk or limbs, or any of the muscles, is now in use. The coercion chairs, about forty in number, have been altogether removed from the wards " (p. 20). In his...

...not one patient has been under restraint. No form of straight waistcoat, no handcuff's, no leg locks, nor any contrivance confining the trunk or limbs, or any of the muscles, is now in use. The coercion chairs, about forty in number, have been altogether removed from the wards " (p. 20). In his...

...wear a dress of which the sleeves terminate in a stuffed glove without divisions for the thumb anil fingers.* But no form of strait-waistcoat, no handstraps,...the purpose of restraint since the middle of August. The reform thus established was sweeping, but it did not at once clear away all evils. In his second...

...provided, secured round the waist by a leathern belt, fastened by a small lock. . . . No form of waistcoat, no hand-straps, no leg-locks, nor any contrivance...of the muscles, is now in use. The coercion-chairs (forty in number) have been altogether removed from the walls. . . . Several patients formerly consigned...

...he announced the entire abolition of mechanical restraint. " No form of straightwaistcoat," he said, "no hand-straps, no leg-locks, nor any contrivance...or limbs or any of the muscles is now in use." The asylum at that time contained 850 patients, most of them from the different quarters of London, and...