Claim: In 19th-century U.K. and Europe, psychiatric patients suffering from "mania" were put in a large, circulating swing as a method for calming them down.
Fact-check: Were 'Mania' Patients in the 1800s Spun Around on a Big Chair to Calm Them Down?
Verdict: true
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Nur Ibrahim
Date published: 2023-06-11T16:00:01