BrokenTune 7 years ago

It's even creepier when you consider the story behind it, and that her husband didn't just have terrible ideas about what would help his wife but that this treatments was pretty commonplace for women suffering from post-natal depression.

Familiar Diversions 7 years ago

D-:

I wonder how many of those poor women survived?

SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady 7 years ago

A lot of them didn't.

Familiar Diversions 7 years ago

Not surprising. Confinement like that would be hard on someone who wasn't already depressed.

SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady 7 years ago

I believe there's some discussion of this in Ruth Goodman's How to be a Victorian.

BrokenTune 7 years ago

*adds How to be a Victorian to list* You're really not helping with my TBR woes, SusannaG.

SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady 7 years ago

My work here is done!

Mystereity 7 years ago

I read that in high school, it's definitely unsettling!