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T. Sebastian Loyal user Ozark Mountains, USA 223 Posts |
I'm interested in learning the history of the strait jacket. Not as an escape act, but the history of the device itself. Any illumination would be greatly appreciated. Fill me in or point me in the right direction please. I guess I should've called it "History of madman's clothes".
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Harley Newman Inner circle 5117 Posts |
http://psychiatryandhistory.blogspot.com......ket.html
"invented in 1790 by an upholster named Guilleret at Bicêtre, an asylum for the chronically mentally ill near Paris. Known as la camisol de force it was a vest of strong cloth with long sleeves which could be attached to each other behind the back of the person one wanted to prevent from causing harm. [Funck-Brentano, F. & Marindaz, G. L'Hôpital Général Bicêtre, Lyon, 1928, p.26]]" I'm not able to find my reference at the moment. I've read that SJ was invented in the early 1600s, near Marseilles.
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Ian McColl Inner circle 1493 Posts |
Hi I believe I once read that there are over 160 US patents for strait jackets but the actual history aludes me.
They were obviously made as more humane way of restraining than metal restraints in a similar way to the patented device which thrust a spike into someone's back when they tried to run ( away from prison) and the maker said "This is more humane than the bullet they would otherwise get" Ian
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T. Sebastian Loyal user Ozark Mountains, USA 223 Posts |
Thanks Mr. Newman. It's good to have something to yak about when the spectator is taking forever to restrain me.
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jay leslie V.I.P. Southern California 9498 Posts |
I usually chide them about being slow... and that makes them speed through it.......... making my job easier.
However, a history lesson raises your perceived status. Nothing worse then an uneducated escape artist who can get out of anything the audience presents.
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T. Sebastian Loyal user Ozark Mountains, USA 223 Posts |
I do some chiding too.
"What are you doing back there? These people want a show." I had these two girls who were into bondage (watch it) really rough me up back in October. They were fast, efficient and really strong. And totally unforgiving with the crotch strap. Let's just say it's a good thing I already have two kids. They had me in so fast I couldn't beleive it.
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Harley Newman Inner circle 5117 Posts |
George III of England also comes to mind. He's probably the most famous celebrity to be in an SJ. I'm sure there have been many others.
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escapeguy Regular user 189 Posts |
Hi Harley:
Wouldn't the most famous celebrity to be in a straitjacket be Houdini? just food for thought.... Re: the camisole de force....My very first straijacket was a gift for my 15th birthday from my dad who was a psychiatrist. What made it awesome was it came from Alcatraz. One of dads best friends worked with Alcatraz up to its closing (I think 1963?) He sent dad one of the jackets made on the island. It was all heavy duct and called a camisole. It tied up in back with matching cloth laces that stitched up like a shoe. I had this for a long time and then it went to a private collector in AZ. Thanks to all for the kind words in the last couple of weeks, good to be back
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Harley Newman Inner circle 5117 Posts |
I suspect that Houdini's influence on the world at large, will never come close to that of George. Houdini's private madnesses weren't responsible for aiding the dissolution of an empire, and starting the USA.
I've always thought it funny, that George was put in SJ, to stop him from breaking things. As monarch, he owned them all anyway, and he didn't much care. I guess it's a commentary on the need for restraint, when one is in a position of power.
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Steve_Mollett Inner circle Eh, so I've made 3006 Posts |
The would-be regicide Damiens, who tried to stab Louis XV, was led from the prison in an inverted sack with a hole cut in the bottom for his head and laced about his waist; essentially an early 'transport jacket.'
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escapeguy Regular user 189 Posts |
Hey Steve Mollett:
Re: the bag restraint you mention. I remember a restraint that was patented (IIRC) in the 1950's I was told by a couple of cops in texas that it was a Bis Bag. They had one and used in on me. It was just that- a heavy canvas bag cut out at the head and locked down around the waist tight. I had cuffs on under it. just my two cents
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