Similarly in the UK The Retreat at York founded by Quakers was famous for its humane 'moral' (as opposed to physical) treatment but as I recall, when Anne Digby wrote a book on The Retreat she found that they did have straitjackets and manacles and so on: they just didn't use them anything like as much.
Cold water baths were recommended for a wide range of conditions in the C19th.
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Date: 2012-06-29 07:40 am (UTC)Cold water baths were recommended for a wide range of conditions in the C19th.