TALA’s museum includes information about the treatments, such as they were, used on patients. Many seem designed more with an eye to restraining the inmates than curing them.




You can view a scan of an 1895 catalog of “electro-medical and electro-surgical” instruments here. They came with all sorts of attachments, including vaginal and rectal wands, which give me the heebie-jeebies just thinking about.
And that’s it! I hope you enjoyed our virtual tour. And if you’re ever near Weston, WV, I hope you’ll take a couple of hours of your day to visit and see the place for yourself. 🙂
I need to get more information on this museum. Psychology was a truly horrifying at times in the name of ‘helping’… so sad all the people who suffered and still suffer from those intending to assist. Hugs, Z.
You can find their website here, Z: http://trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com/index.html