Explore objects revealing the many ways medical professionals have thought about and treated mental illness, as well as attempts to measure and categorise people, whether physically or mentally.
Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry
1960-1990
Passalong Test for measuring concrete ability, four tests (some incomplete), each originally consisting of 4 wooden trays and approx 14 wooden blocks, painted in red or blue, with 8 design cards; distributed by the National Foundation for Educational Research; used by the Institute of Education, University of Liverpool, c.1960-1990.
1937-1960
'Complete Test Material Form M Revised Stanford-Binet Scales by Terman-Merrill', in wooden case containing form board, printed card material, and picture of child, by Houghten Mifflin Co. USA, 1937. See 1980-1429/4 for a complete description of this revision of the Stanford-Binet.
1937
Passalong Test, a performance test of intelligence for persons 7 to 20 years old, invented by W.P. Alexander c. 1937 and published by University of London Press in 1937.
1946-1950
Alexander Performance Scale Test material comprising: Passalong Test, Kohs' Block Design Test and Cube Construction Test with test cards and instructions in wooden case, made by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., Edinburgh, 1946-1950
1859-1939
Bird cage, from ward at Sussex Lunatic Asylum/Brighton County Borough Asylum, 1859-1939. Vintage label reads: 'PARROT CAGE / Major Meek presented the female / patients with four fine parrots.'
1940-1970
Leather belt, with keyring attached, used by State Registered Mental Nurse, England, mid 20th century
1821
Earthenware phrenological bust, areas are marked off with an impressed line, by J. De Ville, London, 1821. When this bust was ordered it probably came with De Ville's Manual of Phrenology (1826).
Block and picture pattern test setting book, by Pearson Assessment, London, England, 1998-2000. Used in the Lothian cohort study.
1862-1900
Broca goniometer for determining the "facial angle" and "facial triangle" in anthropometrical studies, invented by Paul Broca. No maker marked, French, 1862-1900
1876-1920
Galton's whistle
1893-1900
Hipp chronoscope with key and weight and (damaged, incomplete) glass cover, by Peyer Favarger et Cie, Neuchatel, Switzerland
1871-1930
Part of male anti-masturbation apparatus, probably late 19th or early 20th century
1921
Set of ten Rorschach inkblot test cards in cardboard case, printed by Hans Huber, Bern, Switzerland, 1921-1950
1945
Part of Goldstein-Scheerer Object Sorting Test for assessing impairment of integrative mental functioning, devised by Kurt Goldstein and Martin Scheerer, 1943; comprising Kohs Blocks Test, part of Colour Sorting Test, Supplementary Sheets, Check List Sheet, Supplementary Manual, Cube Test Designs and two copies of Psychological Monographs (No. 239, 1941); used by the Institute of Education at the University of Liverpool, c.1960-1990.
1930-1960
Canvas jacket for restraining young children, sleeveless with side straps to allow the arms to be tied in at waist level, made in London, England, c.1930-1960, and used at the Frenchay Hospital, Bristol.
1890-1914
Alarm whistle for use by Warders at Winson Green Mental Hospital, German Silver, by J. Hudson and Co., Birmingham 1890-1914.
1950
Children's Apperception Test; devised by Leopold Bellak in 1950 and published by the Australian Council for Educational Research; includes analysis blank, ten 8"x10" cards and manual; used at the Institute of Education, University of Liverpool, c.1960-1990.
1860-1896
Earthenware phrenological bust, area divisions and labels marked in underglaze black, by L.N. Fowler, London 1860-1896
1950-1952
Cybernetic tortoise, with photo-electric cell, developed to help with studies on brain function, invented and made by William Grey Walter, at the Burden Neurological Institute, Bristol, England, 1950-1952
1901-1930
Truncheon, leather covered spring, reputedly used at Narborough Mental Asylum, early 20th century
1920-1970
Cigarette case in the form of a piano, made by a patient at Brighton County Borough Asylum/St. Francis Psychiatric Hospital, 1920-1970.
Canvas straitjacket for restraining adult patients, made in London, England, c.1930-1960, and used at the Frenchay Hospital, Bristol.
1936-1940
Complete padded cell (nine panels, door, base, gutters, and other components) built to fit a room at Farnborough Hospital, made by Pocock Brothers, 235 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, 1936-1970. Padded with horsehair and coated with a rubberised (presumably waterproof) coating, now flaking.
1840-1880
Oval dynamometer with central scale with indicator, used by Paul Broca, a pioneering craniologist, made by Mathieu, Paris, French, 1940-1880
1990-96
Freud electronic laughing ball, made by Hyman Products Inc., 1990-96
1937-1949
Cardboard box containing miniature toys: metal dog, metal train, scissors, pink metal bed, doll and ball. Part of Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (Form M): An intelligence test for Children; devised by Lewis M. Terman and Maud A. Merrill in 1937
1879-1896
Fowler's phrenological head, 19th century, English, 1860-1896
1886-1927
Phrenological calliper(?), possibly nickel-plated brass, from the British Phrenological Society, by Arnold and Sons, London.
1950-1953
`CORA', Conditioned Reflex Analogue device designed by William Grey Walter and built by Bunny Warren at the Burden Neurological Institute, Bristol, c1953
1889-1990
Iron used by patients in hospital laundry
1958
Control unit for Type T Dynograph portable 8 channel EEG pen recorder manufactured by Offner in 1958 and used at the Burden Neurological Institute. The instrument employs direct coupled amplifiers enabling recording of steady potentials and transients. 8 double ganged 24 way switches enable any two of 24 electrodes to be connected to each of the 8 channels.
1864-1897
Register, portable device for recording warder patrols at Sussex Lunatic Asylum, 1864-1897
1823
Plaster phrenological head of Gall, founder of phrenology, by James De Ville (1777-1846), Strand, London, 1823
1874-1902
Craniometer, stainless steel, by Down Bros.
Printer unit for Type T Dynograph portable 8 channel EEG pen recorder manufactured by Offner in 1958 and used at the Burden Neurological Institute. The instrument employs direct coupled amplifiers enabling recording of steady potentials and transients. 8 double ganged 24 way switches enable any two of 24 electrodes to be connected to each of the 8 channels.
Sealed plaster phrenological bust by James DeVille (1777-1846), 367 Strand, London, England, 1821. Marked with 35 organs according to Johann Gaspar Spurzheim’s (1776-1832) arrangement with the numbers of the organs impressed and some of their names written on in ink.
1831
Wooden case containing set of 60 small phrenological heads, by William Bally, Manchester or Dublin, 1831
Wooden box for Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (Form M): An intelligence test for Children; devised by Lewis M. Terman and Maud A. Merrill in 1937
1948
Merrill-Palmer Scale of Mental tests for the preschool child; originally devised in 1931 and consisting of 19 subtests of intelligence;used by the Department of Psychology, Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool; postwar.
1901-1970
Phrenological bust, 'A Study of Mind', of glazed earthenware, unsigned, British, 1901-1970 (see note).
Grave '239'. One of four numbered iron crosses used to mark the graves of patients buried in the hospital grounds
1870-1920
Pegging Clock device, by John Moore and Sons, Clerkenwell, London, for recording warder patrols at Sussex Lunatic Asylum/Brighton County Borough Asylum, Haywards Heath, 1870-1920
1934 -1990
Picture of St Audry's Hospital painted by patient
1900-1939
A Peg Clock Point, electro-mechanical, with two remote switches, by Cox-Walkers of Darlington, used to record warder patrols at Sussex Lunatic Asylum/Brighton County Borough Asylum, 1900-1939.
1820-1830
Plaster cast phrenological bust, a copy of the head of Victoire, a 24 year old microcephalic, possibly French
1954-1960
Skinfold calipers for measuring subcutaneous tissue thickness in estimation of body fat for anthropometric population studies, as used in the Harpenden Growth Study, and tested by the MRC Committee on Growth and Form, owned by FP Ellis, with instructions and table of log transformation of measurements, made by British Indicators Ltd., St. Albans, Herts, 1954-1960.
1950-1990
Rubber electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) mouth gag by Ectron used at St. Francis Psychiatric Hospital, 1950-1990. Some teeth marks are visible.
formboard from Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (Form M): An intelligence test for Children; devised by Lewis M. Terman and Maud A. Merrill in 1937, used on the University of Aberdeen Experimental Education EdB course, 1949-50; made in the USA by Houghton Mifflin Company.
1883-1900
Thickness compass (Compas d'epaisseur) for the measurement of the length and breadth of the head in Bertillon's anthropometrical criminal identification system, perhaps Bertillon's own, from the Paris Prefecture of Police, c. 1883
1900-1970
Register of patient departures, discharges, transfers and deaths (blank), from Brighton County Borough Asylum/St. Francis Psychiatric Hospital, Haywards Heath, 1900-1970.
