Comments on: Does anyone know anything about old/ historical lunatic asylums??

By: Nikki Hamilton

Nikki Hamilton — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:20:59 +0000

I know they used hydrotherapy, such as wrapping them in ice and cold water to calm them down. They also used a process called trephining, which included using a sharp, rocklike object to puncture their skull, thinking this would let out the evil spirits that were taking over their body and causing their "craziness".
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By: JilltheRipper

JilltheRipper — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:04:59 +0000

i cant seem to find any websites but im sure if u look harder than me lol on google you'l find some. i know some treatments used, they took away the front, left and right lobe ( i think thts wat its called), they wuld spin the patients round a 100 times on a revolving chair to try and get the madness out of them, i cant find any more but im really interetsed in it now haha
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By: Mrs G

Mrs G — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:24:59 +0000

Gartloch , Glasgow – which closed a few years ago – and is being turned into " Luxury Apartments " … was a scary place – I was brought up in Easterhouse, Glasgow – and you could hear the screams & the wailing of the siren when one of the "patients" managed to escape… but then most of the punters in Easterhouse were barking mad anyway…seemingly there are shallow graves all over the grounds ..where the bodies of experimented on patients where disposed of.
have a look –
http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/Asylums/Gartloch.htm

http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/Asylums/Gartloch_14052003/index.htm
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By: Sunny Lass

Sunny Lass — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:06:59 +0000

I know a distant relative of mine was put into an asylum for having Multiple sclerosis in the 1890’s, and left to die. Very sad indeed and it must have been hellish for him.

I have listed a few links which may help below.

*SL
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http://www.historytoherstory.org.uk/learning_materials/asylum/index.php
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/221343/the_history_of_early_insane_asylums.html?cat=70
http://www.medhunters.com/articles/historyOfMentalHosps.html
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7HPEA&q=History+of+mental+asylums&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=news_group&resnum=11&ct=title

By: Kelly P

Kelly P — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:38:59 +0000

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~asylums/index.html#mi
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