1851 INSANE ASYLUM PATIENT ATTIRE - BUTTON FASTENING DESIGN / ANTIQUE MEDICAL

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1851 INSANE ASYLUM ATTIRE - BUTTON DESIGN TO FASTEN PATIENT'S / ANTIQUE MEDICAL
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Highlights of this antique auction item
:
PERTAINING TO THE TOPIC OF INSANE ASYLUM ATTIRE
Titled
"NEW INVENTION ; AN IMPROVED BUTTON LOCK FOR FASTENING THE DRESS OF THE INSANE"
. pp 439.
Very unique article on the design with 11 individual illustrations showing various parts of this institutional button, conceived by Nottingham Lunatic Asylum Superintendent Dr. Powell and additions to the design by Dr. Cox of Fishponds Asylum near Bristol, as he found that some "ingenious patients" were able to unfasten the original style.
Journal articles w
ere the main form of introducing the lastest discoveries and news to the medical and scientific community in the past. Th
is is one such article.
Offered is the complete April 19th 1851 issue of the Lancet Medical Journal containing 22 pages including the above mentioned along with several other articles.
Condition of journal is fair. Pages browned with some stains. This issue lacks front and rear covers and contains NO ADS. Spine is rough and is likely from a larger binding. There are NO LOOSE PAGES
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