Summary
Leather locked gloves used in mental health hospitals in Victoria Australia circa 1900. They were used on patients to prevent self harm or masturbation which at one stage was considered a possible cause of insanity.
Physical Description
Pair of black, leather, locked gloves. Leather sewn into a bat-like shape, two slits for brown strap to slip through to secure patient's wrists.
Significance
Example of security equipment used on patients in a mental hiospital in Victoria, Australia, circa 1900.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Office of Psychiatric Services, May 1985
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Overall Dimensions
15 cm (Length), 21.5 cm (Height)
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References
card with exhibit. History of Medicine, Vol.3, No.1, 1972.
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Keywords
Hospitals, Psychiatric Services, Making History - Psych Services
