Show horrible methods of A treating trea ting the insane imal within the last fast on cen i uy in line ile per persons loiis arv were treated alili lili fer tible cruelly i null in nearly dicarl nil all elt calli lili oil emm trips tries and us is lute us as 1770 hin bete ie exhibited lit ill public fairs q in ili england and its as late 1 ite us its 1815 there tin n erf ax r boures po ures of if terrible cru lile in the hospital in and tills this led to gradual ampro ments awl the introduction of find methods in the lie cure care of 0 the mentally mental lv afflicted one of the mildest of the old forms of treatment of mad drope and long in vogue orue pit at lu in perthshire Perth shire scotland was connected with ith the observance of the festival of st flit aa a scottish saint insane inane people were dipped in the holy pool where st fillan had haa bathed in the seventh century many quaint ceremonies were connected with this ducking after the ira int tu vu erslon erston the lunatics were herded to 0 o st fillans Fl llana chapel and strapped to the floor to 0 o lett left all those who managed to free their heir bohlds cape were considered cured experience did not bear out this ploua pious bellef belief however and the custom gradually declined |