Physical restraints were used with patients by putting them in straitjackets, tranquilizing chairs, and Utica cribs. Pelvic massages with water pressure were done on females and anti-masturbation devices were put on men’s genitalia. All these treatments were used to achieve that these patients choose rationality over insanity. The “gyrating chair” treatment became popular in mid-1700. This chair would spin the patient at speeds up to 100 rmp, which caused the patient 's unconsciousness, with the intended to shake up the blood and tissues of their body in hopes of restoring equilibrium. It is also believed that drugs were also administered as a form of exhausting hysterical patients in this era. (Torrer & Miller,
Physical restraints were used with patients by putting them in straitjackets, tranquilizing chairs, and Utica cribs. Pelvic massages with water pressure were done on females and anti-masturbation devices were put on men’s genitalia. All these treatments were used to achieve that these patients choose rationality over insanity. The “gyrating chair” treatment became popular in mid-1700. This chair would spin the patient at speeds up to 100 rmp, which caused the patient 's unconsciousness, with the intended to shake up the blood and tissues of their body in hopes of restoring equilibrium. It is also believed that drugs were also administered as a form of exhausting hysterical patients in this era. (Torrer & Miller,