Show rough treatment given early insane patients bleedings and purges flogging Hogg ings threats and immersion in cold water all were part ot of the treatment of the mentally ill III in n the late jath century according to dr william L russell in the new york hospital A history of the psychiatric service 1771 1936 11 dr russell hussell professor or of psychiatry emeritus at cor nell cell university and consulting psychiatrist chia his trist of the new york hospital says an accepted plan of procedure at that time was to inspire the patient with awe and dread firmness harsh threats e ven even ot of death seclusion in darkness dankness restricted strict ed diets stripes and blows blow sudden ducking in cold water almost to the point of drowning the strat strait waistcoat chains cords manacles maracles man acles and other means of producing fear were by the most eminent medical practitioners and teachers regarded as legitimate and necessary measures on the principle that no two different perceptions can subsist at the some same time tile pain and cute acute discomfort produced by bal blisters caustics vomits rough cathartics and were considered to be therapeutic 11 |