Replica of handcuffs. The original, probably from
- Made:
- 1900-1920
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Replica of handcuffs. The original, probably from the late 19th or early 20th century, was found around 1930 in a chest in the cellar at Hanwell Asylum, the asylum on the outskirts of London whose superintendant, John Conolly (1794-1866), famously renounced all instruments of mechanical restraint in favor of 'moral treatment,' that is, regular labour under constant close surveillance.
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- Category:
- Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry
- Object Number:
- A603008
- Materials:
- buckle, iron, whole, leather and wrist pieces, iron
- type:
- handcuffs and mental illness (restraint) copies, handcuffs and mental illness (restraint)
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