The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-04

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a sitting rostnro 80 low t,,at 10 haa lost tho
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suocoeaed IN ua;nt.;n;nr h;s ho,.,,co ard
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,,arr ,.a,,, Ms t,~st ~ t,,o s,r .na
h. cr;ed ont entbns;ast;cal,v. ..TIow beaut;.
ful p, During tba rost of tho dav he was IN
constant motion walking nm and dawn and
ntter;no short axclama,;ous Of da,;obt In
the evening. he returned Of his own accord to
his cell, where better bed had been nrenared
for him. Dur;no the two spccead;no Years
that he spent at the Bicetrs. he had no return
of his previous paroxysn,s. and even rendered
himself useful bv exercising a kind Of an
thority over the insane patients. whom he
ruled in his own fashion.
But this magnificent reform was slow in
making its way. Nearly forty wears after
Pinel begun his work in the R;cetre the asv-
lums in other parts Of France still continued
their brutal and inhuman treatment Esop;-
rol, who succeeded Piuel. visited nearly every
ASYLUM in France. and labored ;ndefatioablv
m hetter t,,a co,d;t;o,, ~ Tho ;nr,atos
Writing in 1918 ba saws that ba found the
insane in MANY p,aces nated and nrofectea
only bv straw from damn. cold Stone nave.
ments w;tbont frosh air w;thort ,;o,t v;th
ont wafer and c.a;nea In ..caves,, 70 which
wild beasts would not have heop oons;cned
Some were fastened IN the wal, NV chains a
foot and a half long. and this metboa was said
To l,e necul;ar,v calm;oo, Tbere was no MOD,
ical treatment and the attendants emn,oved
coercion and flogging at will.
Iu England, as late as in 1900, things were
no better. Lunstics were believed to be under
the influence of the moon, at particular pha-
SEES of which they were bound, chained and
whipped, to prevent paroxysms of violence
At some Of the asylums, patients were led un-
suspectingly across a treacherous floor, which
gave way and the patients fell into "A ssbath
of SURPRISE and were there half drowned and
half frightened to death. The celebrated DR..
Cullen said, the first principle in the treat
ment of lunatics was to produce fear and the
best means of producing fear was by punish
ment and the best mode of punishment was
by stripes.
Some Of the German physicians wanted ma
chinery by which patient, arriving at the
asylum, should be suddenly drawn with fear
full clangor across a metal bridge and over
moat, then suddenly raised to the top of
tower, and as suddenly lowered into a subter-
ranean cavern and they also promulgated the
view that if the patient could be made to
alight among snakes lizards and other hide
GUS reptiles, it would be SO much the better |!
Tn some n,aces the nat;ept was cba;ned Fast
n tte wall and water was adm;tted 70 tho
coll slowly r;s;uo about tho moor croatur.
# seemed certain that be would be drowned
Anothar ao,;oo ,rh;oh NOS lno,, ). ..s.e.
and effectua, remedv ), and ahout ,yb;cl, there
was d;snpte az n who was ont;t,ed n tho
cred;x Of BEING the inventor was q, contr;v.
arce which ,n;gbt be ca,,od a cross hot ,yoo, a
chair and a coucb in which maniac or
me,arcbo,;c was bo,,d fast Il wos tho, 70
tated az various speeds nm 70 ono b,nared
times in a minnie. until the moor wretch. faint
inc Will, h,ooashot ovos and s,f,rsod caoo
was draooed FROM tb;s fortuna 70 recover az
hest he conld r. was recommended that in
snec;a, eases n should be used in the DARK
with un,suaI no;ses and d;scust;ug sme,ls
A. path,ebo,, tho comm;ttee found oa,,e-
,;es conta;n;no ton women zach chained nv
an arm, or lar m tho wal, Each had a b,anket
dr.ss Int notb;no 70 fasten q nnon tho bodv
no sboos nor stoot;nos and all were lost in
imhec;l;tv dirt and otfensiveness MANY wo-
man ,ve,e ,ockad in THAR cells chained m tho
wall w;tbout c,oth;ns aud with only ope
h,anret for eover;no Tn tho MANS wine
so,,e nat;e,ts wera chained nm 20 tho wal,
side nv side. without clothing of any kind
..tbe room, had tho annearance of q doc kcn.
ne,v
Tn ono room thew found a nat;enf WIN has
been Described nv Esou;ro, IL lis work nm
mental diseases. This man. Norris was now
erful and had be.n violent. He was fastened
Inv a lono chain nasssd tbrouoh the wall into
the keener,s room. so that he could he sud-