Dbq Asylum Research Paper

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Asylums It is thought that asylums were established by the Muslim Arabs as early as in the 8th century, but they were mostly perceived after the sixteenth century. It is believed that Bethlehem Hospital, also known as St Mary Bethlehem was founded before 1547, but wasn’t until then that it began to house the insane. King Henry VIII presented policy, which ordered monasteries to end taking further care of the insane and assigned those individuals to the Bethlehem Hospital in the city London. The intentions behind asylums were to aid the mentally ill in overcoming their illnesses, therefore, soon after the establishment of Bethlehem Hospital, other countries began to follow this movement in mental health facilities. It is said that the first asylum in the Americas was San Hipolito, which was built in Mexico 1566. (Viney & King, 1998) It is said that these institutions became a place where the mentally ill were abandoned and condemned by the law to the inhumane treatment these …show more content…
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,

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