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Description: | Replica of handcuffs. The original, probably from the late 19th or early 20th century, was found around 1930 in a chest in the cellar at Hanwell Asylum, the asylum on the outskirts of London whose superintendant, John Conolly (1794-1866), famously renounced all instruments of mechanical restraint in favor of 'moral treatment,' that is, regular labour under constant close surveillance. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | handcuffs | Temporal: | 1900-1920 | Source: | Science Museum | Identifier: | A603008 | Go to resource |
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