Manteno State Hospital's Mental Health Museum

Manteno State Hospital's mental health museum will include hydrotherapy exhibits such as those whoen here that were on display last November when the hospital had it's 40th anniversay celebration. Above is a scene from the days when hydrotherapy was used to calm patients. Before the widespread use of tranquilizers, it was common for patients to bang on the hydrotherapy room door, wanting to be put into a wet pack as shown here with this manikin lying on the table. The rest of the hydrotherapy exhibit to be displayed in the museum will be in the form of 11 x 14-inch pictures. Photo on left is a tub bath where warm water circulated continuously. The next one demonstrates a manikin taking a needle spray shower bath. The third is a sitx bath and an employe demonstrates use of this bath in the fourth. In specting the wet pack at anniversasy time are Mrs. Margaret White (left) and Mrs. Anna Winfield, both dietary employes at Bowen Hospital. Miss Cassandra Sharp is again responsible for arranging this museum.

An enlarged photo of this continuous baths hydrotherapy treatment will be on display at the mental health museum in the new employes' cafeteria from 8:30a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 17 through 21 in connection with Manteno State Hospital's 40th anniversary celebration. At left is Miss Cassandra Sharp, who is in charge of assembling and displaying artifacts, sketches and pictures in the museum. Mrs. Dorothy Hale, an aide at the Singer Building, is in the tub while Mrs. Tressie Martin. another aide, is at the controls.

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