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The Iowa Hospital for the Insane , Independence, IA Unknown, architect(s). From the American Architect and Building News, 1875. 7.25 by 5 inches. VG+ condition with light browning along the edges and some light crinkling. Hand-colored Original Plan. This picture is extremely hard to find, as the Andreus Atlas not only had a very small circulation during that time, but very few were actually preserved or colored as this has been. It measures 7.25 by 5 inches. Has a mat border and foam core backin Des Moines, Asylum, Foam Core, Browning, Hospitals, Hand Coloring, Iowa
The Iowa Hospital for the Insane , Independence, IA, 1875, Unknown
The Iowa Hospital for the Insane , Independence, IA Unknown, architect(s). From the American Architect and Building News, 1875. 7.25 by 5 inches. VG+ condition with light browning along the edges and some light crinkling. Hand-colored Original Plan. This picture is extremely hard to find, as the Andreus Atlas not only had a very small circulation during that time, but very few were actually preserved or colored as this has been. It measures 7.25 by 5 inches. Has a mat border and foam core backin
This photo shows a man receiving static sparks to the spine for psychosis from tabes dorsalis, a degenerative nerve condition brought on by syphilis Insane Asylum, Mental Disease, Mental Illness, Sigmund Freud, Psy Art
19th and 20th century psychiatry: 22 rare photos
This photo shows a man receiving static sparks to the spine for psychosis from tabes dorsalis, a degenerative nerve condition brought on by syphilis
This 1920s photograph shows an opera singer performing at a New York City mental hospital for a sound therapy session. Psychiatrists hypothesized that certain sounds would have therapeutic effects on patients. Mood Disorders, Mental Disorders, Psych Ward, Opera Singers, Music Therapy, Science
19th and 20th century psychiatry: 22 rare photos
This 1920s photograph shows an opera singer performing at a New York City mental hospital for a sound therapy session. Psychiatrists hypothesized that certain sounds would have therapeutic effects on patients.
Dancing gave patients in the asylum something to look forward to - a way to express themselves physically in an otherwise restrained environment Same Sex Partner, Abandoned Asylums, Health History
19th and 20th century psychiatry: 22 rare photos
Dancing gave patients in the asylum something to look forward to - a way to express themselves physically in an otherwise restrained environment
This twentieth century image shows a "class of deteriorated patients" sewing at Utica State Hospital Abandoned Places, Old Hospital
19th and 20th century psychiatry: 22 rare photos
This twentieth century image shows a "class of deteriorated patients" sewing at Utica State Hospital
This photograph shows restraints that were deemed "outmoded" by New York State in the late 1930s - iron handcuffs, muffs, wrist/body restraints, and ankle bands. New York was one of the first states to outlaw certain types of restraints. In 1933, the N.Y. State Department of Mental Hygiene created a code for restraint, which put a two hour cap on continuous restraint, and a three hour cap on seclusion time. Medical History
19th and 20th century psychiatry: 22 rare photos
This photograph shows restraints that were deemed "outmoded" by New York State in the late 1930s - iron handcuffs, muffs, wrist/body restraints, and ankle bands. New York was one of the first states to outlaw certain types of restraints. In 1933, the N.Y. State Department of Mental Hygiene created a code for restraint, which put a two hour cap on continuous restraint, and a three hour cap on seclusion time.
This chair was used to control violent patients at the New York State asylum in the early 20th century. An unruly patient's arms were strapped into the wooded wells, feet secured to the floor, and a belt tied around the body - sometimes a patient's head was covered with a hood History Facts, True Stories
19th and 20th century psychiatry: 22 rare photos
This chair was used to control violent patients at the New York State asylum in the early 20th century. An unruly patient's arms were strapped into the wooded wells, feet secured to the floor, and a belt tied around the body - sometimes a patient's head was covered with a hood
Sunland Mental Hospital, Orlando, FL Working In Mental Health, Early Intervention Program, Workhouse, Abandoned Hospital, Psychological Well Being
Sunland Mental Hospital, Orlando, FL
Cherokee State Lunatic Asylum | patients sewing. Early 1900's. Most insane asylums tried to use patient labor as a way of holding down costs, or as a sort of occupational therapy. Native American Proverb, Native American Indians, Native Americans
Texas State Lunatic Asylum | Indians, Insanity, and American History Blog
Cherokee State Lunatic Asylum | patients sewing. Early 1900's. Most insane asylums tried to use patient labor as a way of holding down costs, or as a sort of occupational therapy.
Parlor-women's dorm State Hospital Vintage Home Decor, Vintage House, Vintage Michigan, A Moment In Time
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Parlor-women's dorm State Hospital
This February 1947 photo, taken inside the Chicago State Hospital, shows the poorly ventilated, narrow and congested hallways where some patients slept. (Chicago Daily News photo, Chicago History Museum, ICHi-16073) Chicago History Museum, Dunning, My Kind Of Town
Dunning, A ‘Tomb For The Living’
This February 1947 photo, taken inside the Chicago State Hospital, shows the poorly ventilated, narrow and congested hallways where some patients slept. (Chicago Daily News photo, Chicago History Museum, ICHi-16073)
Willard Asylum for the chronically insane Poor People, Crazy People, Willard Asylum
Willard Asylum for the chronically insane
Insane Asylums Mental Hospitals | Traverse City State Hospital (Historic Asylums) - Historic Photos Rest House
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Insane Asylums Mental Hospitals | Traverse City State Hospital (Historic Asylums) - Historic Photos