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'Charenton is modern and situated in the country, but is for the higher class of patients: it is much to be regretted however, that notwithstanding its situation, there is but a limited amount of land belonging to the institution… There is neither in the Bicêtre nor the Salpetrière a single separate room without a bed, and otherwise prepared for a violent unrestrained patient. Nor did I see one at Charenton… If a patient is camisoled, then fastened into a chair such as I saw at Charenton, and then placed in his bedroom, he is certainly secluded; but it is not the seclusion of an English asylum where non-restraint is practiced… I found a very considerable number restrained by the camisole at Salpetrière, Bicêtre, and Charenton. Some of these were also confined by straps, to a chair. At Charenton I saw in one room - three women sitting in coercion chairs, fastened to them, and camisoled. But although a large number were restrained by such means in the Parisian asylums, I believe there is a considerable amount of attention paid to the patients - to their comfort, care, and cure.'
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