Blanket supposedly used to restrain violent inmates
- Made:
- 1700-1940
Blanket supposedly used to restrain violent inmates. Probably from the 19th or early 20th century; 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.
Details
- Category:
- Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A603009
- Materials:
- cloth
- type:
- blankets