. Who is insane? . the place of confine-ment in bed by means of straps, or other was a harmelss affair in that it could do thepatient no physical injury; and when used forthe purposes for which it was originally made,was very beneficial. On a visitor who saw thepatient through the slatted cover the impressionwas liable to be that the inmate was being tor-tured, and this opinion was likely to be con-firmed by the patients complaints and urgentrequest to be relieved. The era of Mechanical Restraint was neces-sarily characterized by the violence of the in-mates of asylums, the rudeness o
. Who is insane? . the place of confine-ment in bed by means of straps, or other was a harmelss affair in that it could do thepatient no physical injury; and when used forthe purposes for which it was originally made,was very beneficial. On a visitor who saw thepatient through the slatted cover the impressionwas liable to be that the inmate was being tor-tured, and this opinion was likely to be con-firmed by the patients complaints and urgentrequest to be relieved. The era of Mechanical Restraint was neces-sarily characterized by the violence of the in-mates of asylums, the rudeness of attendants,and absence of the close supervision of theofficers. A disturbed patient safely restrainedby whatever means was angry and resentful,the attendant who had struggled to place him 174 WHO IS INSANE? in restraint was elated at his success, howeverrudely he may have handled him, and the phy-sician in charge no longer feared an outbreak,and therefore his anxiety ceased. XIV Custodial Care XIV Custodial Care. HE records of many institutionsfor the insane show that bypresent methods of treatmentone-fourth in general, and one-third at best, are dischargedfrom the asylums cured. Andthose reported cured seldomrecover because of any special treatmentadapted to their individual cases. They justget well, said a Superintend-Inadequacy of ent. And it is little lessPresent Method than a miracle that even onerecovers his normal mentalequilibrium amid the distractions of the ordi-nary asylum. But in considering the question of the cura-bility of the insane it is a most encouraging factthat one-fourth of those committed as insaneactually recovered under conditions which tendpowerfully to unbalance a sound mind. It is astriking proof of the inherent capacity in thecell to revert, after being disturbed, to its nor- 177 178 WHO IS INSANE? mal state. This power and disposition of thecell to resume its original function, when thedisturbing cause is removed, has been shown tobe one of its m
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