The Treatment of the Insane Without Mechanical Restraints

Conolly, John

London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1856

[History of Psychiatry] Bound in publisher's cloth.  Recased, renewed end papers. Good binding and cover. Spine sunned.  xii, 380 pages; 23 cm.  Generally clean internally.  Stamp on title page. One of the great figures in the history of psychiatry, Conolly was a pioneer for the non-restraint system and a fundamentally new approach to the mentally ill.  "Modelled on the non-restrictive policies adopted by Gardiner Hill at Lincoln Asylum, Conolly's abolition of all forms of physical restraint at Hanwell Asylum indicated a fundamental shift in psychiatric thought" - Norman 506. Garrison-Morton 4933; Hunter & Macalpine, pages 1030-1038.