New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-11

States than that of corporal straints- Anousn -,
some instances this may have resulted IaaH Tl ~,
s.n,ir,en, W, much good hss been effected. iue ~
o,,sn, fact has been learned that the insane can W n
easily and better managed with compass af Tho
so, 10 mechanical appliances for the VI Tue
nrobs az by a constant or very ifequeut % VI W
Will much is gained on the score OF nuHiaH''5-
81, is row one year and eight months since the tFsn
ou;!iziac chairs called were 'aHeh rom Ine hdis
and neher of them bias slnG- oeeh u'eu l. Is nIoie
,bso thirteen months snce The nuf-' nitten' "rist
bna s,rans and Nil other eathern apparatus were re-
moved and during that period not one o them been
carried into the mems department
nu,inp the cold weather oil last January. OF the
rnen.ua,ien,s who dangerously IL and in The dei!
am OF typhoid condition. threw oil the clothing o; his
he'd and exposed himself the air 10 such exteu,
that IL thought expedient 10 conhne his hands
This accordingly done, Tor three days, with the ca
rnisolc.
Some time in the Summer the hands OF another man
were similarly restrained, few hours. while blister
'draniaS These are the only instances during the
mentioned thirteen months in which the limbs OF
any OF the have been confined by aug 'neanS what
ever During that period the average number oil men
has been about sixty ave OF those who have been ad
ined less than five were brought TO the asylum III
irons End several others with their limbs bound with
ropes leathern thongs. or other irnpl.inents
Probably not one in ten OF those admitted, mas seen
while in the Asylum. any apparatus Tor conhnine either
the hands or the feet Many OF them nave ieIt ana
whatever other recoectOns soever they may nave OF
the institution they certainly have none oil the means oil
corporal restraint There hesitation IN asserting
the belief that patients have been more quiet and or
DERBY under this general disuse OF the means IN ques
ton than they could have been with their constant use
Moreover the amount oil damage 10 cothlns "ihuo"s
and furniture, has not increased.
In the female department there has not been so gen
ers an exemption from restraints yet their use has been
greatly diminished, and the camlsole nes almost i'd
riably been sufficient
Who does not see that all observed here applies
with the same force to the mode of governing Pris
ons? Now that the late atrocious offence perpe-
trated against humanity in Auburn has brought the
subject before the public, We hope that some Will
think on the above remarks in that relation and be
led to see hat the same methods would be efectual
with the morally as with the mentally insane.
The important remarks that follow on the subject
of Attendants, would also apply to the qualiiica-
tons for Office in the case of the prisoners.
ATTENDANTS --The character of the persons en-
poyed 10 take the immediate of the insane has a
very important influence in determining the extent To
which confinement of the limbs is eXpedieh There is
this difference in attendants that with given class oil
patients while would find it necessary to ask re-
sort TO restraints perhaps daily and then be in the
midst of continual disorder another would preserve
satisfactory degree OF tranquility without ever having
recourse to those means OF confinement Inc latter
would have easier task than the former and per-
form it with generally mider measures. Nature 10 some
extent Qualities men for all the departments OF duty IN
lie peculiar talent and peculiar tact are requisite
to good Of persons whose reason Is dis
ordered
lit is highly essential that the qualifications of attend
ants should such that they will be regarded by the
tents AS friends and companions The advantages thus
derived are greater than easily be Conceived by one
unacquain,ed with the subject In reference TO this end
been endeavor to procure persons OF nel
gence education and disciplined passions. Five OF the
attendants in the mems department al the present time
have been successful schoolteachers.
IL is to be hoped that the time will come when per
viii be specially educated for attendants, teach
crs educated in the Normal schools nurses
taught in France. During The past few years the sub
ect has received mnch attention in England and in le4
society formed in London with the Earl OF Shafts
bury at It's head. the object Of which is
1.-The advancement OF the moral intellectual and
professional education OF the immediate attendants
insane patients
The same subject presents uncultured field to the
phlanthropiss OF the United States"
The slightest touch upon this subject suggests far
more than we have time to write down, but we
shall be satisfied if we turn the attention of some
persons to perusal OF the Report X
If the sleeve of the ordinary female dress be MADE OF
twice the engh of the they answer the purpose OF the
caniGoe The Of tn patient being folded the
breast the sleeves carried around the body and tied be-
hind There is thus pressure upon The hands wrists