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The Horrors of the Asylum: Treatments and Torture Procedures | Patricia Lubeck

The history of asylums is a chilling reminder of how little was understood about mental illness in the past. Originally intended as places of refuge and care, asylums often became centers of unimaginable suffering. Treatments blurred the line between care and torture, with practices rooted in superstition, ignorance, and misguided science. Bloodletting, an ancient procedure to “balance humors,” left patients weakened and vulnerable. Hydrotherapy, initially promising, subjected individuals to extreme and often dangerous water treatments…