The Treatment of the Insane Without Mechanical Restraints


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This 1856 work, advocating the abolition of mechanical restraints in treating mentally ill patients, is a key text of asylum reform.










Treatment of the Insane


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The Treatment of the Insane


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Excerpt from The Treatment of the Insane: Without Mechanical Restraints Effects of a good asylum on patients in whom insanity has super vened on weakness of mind, or has been induced by errors of education, &c. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




A Concise History of the Entire Abolition of Mechanical Restraint in the Treatment of the Insane


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The most famous nineteenth-century British reformer of care for the mentally ill and disabled was undoubtedly John Conolly, whose 1856 Treatment of the Insane without Mechanical Restraints is also reissued in this series. However, Conolly's work at the Hanwell Asylum near London was based in part on the pioneering efforts of Edward Parker Charlesworth (1781-1853) and his younger colleague Robert Gardiner Hill (1811-78), who had already (and controversially) abolished physical restraint in the Lincoln Asylum by 1838. Conolly is known to have visited and been impressed by the Lincoln hospital, but his supporters, and his own book, suggested his primacy in the field, and Hill published this work in 1857 in order to refute Conolly's claims. The first part consists of Hill's account of his and Charlesworth's reforms at Lincoln, and the second reprints many of the letters and pamphlets which focused on the topic during this period.







The Treatment of the Insane Without Mechanical Restraits


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A Concise History Of The Entire Abolition Of Mechanical Restraint In The Treatment Of The Insane, And Of The Introduction, Success And Final Triumph Of The Non-restraint System


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Hill was a pioneer in the development of humane treatment of the mentally ill. He introduced the non-restraint system, which eliminated the use of physical restraints in the treatment of patients. This concise history provides a detailed overview of the development of this revolutionary approach to mental health care. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.