The insane in foreign countries . ed at bottom for a padlock. To prevent the bodystrap from slipping down, a loose circular band of leather extendsfrom the front edge over the head and lodges broadly on theshoulders, which is also secured behind by a loop-hole and smallstrap attached to one of the rings through which the pin is di-rected. By this method the whole is preserved from beingshifted, and it most completely prevents the use of either handfor any injurious purpose. The object of exercise is, however,sufficiently attained, for which the open galleries of the institu-tion are very well

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The insane in foreign countries . ed at bottom for a padlock. To prevent the bodystrap from slipping down, a loose circular band of leather extendsfrom the front edge over the head and lodges broadly on theshoulders, which is also secured behind by a loop-hole and smallstrap attached to one of the rings through which the pin is di-rected. By this method the whole is preserved from beingshifted, and it most completely prevents the use of either handfor any injurious purpose. The object of exercise is, however, sufficiently attained, for which the open galleries of the institu-tion are very well adapted, till at length the patients are permit-ted, under the same restrictions, to pass into the open air. A determined perseverance in this plan, sometimes under veryremarkable circumstances, has had its full reward. Gangrene ofthe lower extremities is no longer known in the asylum. No pa-tient is allowed to remain confined to bed during the absence offever, or to his apartment, unless on the principle of occasionalpunishment..