8) The number of mentally challenged people was extremely high in asylums those days.
In the 1900s, asylums were overcrowded due to which mental patients were unable to get sufficient attention and proper treatment. Sometimes, they were chained together in a room for punishment.
9) Weak students were also sent to asylums.
Kids with learning disorders or mental challenges were sent to asylums as a form of punishment.
There was not any alternative treatment available for such kids due to which parents were left with no other option but to admit them in mental hospitals.
10) Doctors used to cure mental patients using strange therapeutic techniques.
Mental patients were made to sit in tub and water was poured over them to get rid of stress. This technique is known as Hydrotherapy.
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