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THE STRAITJACKET MACBRIDE, DAVID. A Methodical Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Physic. [4], iii, [11], [2], 660 pages. 4to, contemporary calf with chipped morocco lettering piece, joints partly cracked; scattered corrections in ink in contemporary hand. London: W. Strahan et al., 1772
first edition. The section on mental diseases contains the little-known first published description of the "strait waistcoat" and its uses on pages 591-92. "Originally intended as an instrument of restraint less injurious than cords and chains for difficult and violent patients, it was soon raised to the status of a treatment on the reasoning that the suppression of physical excitement would tranquilize the mind and so allow the patient's reason to return"--Hunter & Macalpine, pages 449-50.
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