article_snippet.sent: Shattered doors, overturned bathtubs and crumbling floors dominate the Grade II listed St George's County Asylum where patients were restrained by means of 'the leather muff,' 'iron handcuffs' and 'restraint chair'.
article_snippet.sent: A mysterious past: The history of this 19th century asylum in the West Midlands saw patients being restrained by means of 'the leather muff,' 'iron handcuffs' and 'restraint chair'.
article_snippet.sent: Previous to the year 1841, mechanical restraints were part of the system of treatment habitually employed.
article_snippet.sent: The means of restraint employed were the leather muff and wrist straps, iron handcuffs, long leather sleeves, hobbles for the legs, the restraint chair and various other devices. '
article_snippet.sent: In addition many of the patients were confined to the patients beds by means of straps passing through iron loops. '
article_snippet.sent: The means of restraint employed were the leather muff and wrist straps, iron handcuffs, long leather sleeves, hobbles for the legs, the restraint chair and various other devices, according to James Wilkes who was medical superintendent of St George's County Asylum in Stafford from 1841-1855 .