… for the outward man, and rabid physicking for the inward man, were then the specifics for lunacy. Chains, straw, filthy solitude, darkness, and starvation; jalap, syrup of buckthorn, tartarised antimony, and ipecacuanha administered every … on one side, a few windows; on the other, a great many doors leading to sleeping cells. Dead silence -- not utter solitude; for, outside the iron cage enclosing the fire-place between two of the windows, stood a motionless woman. The … of excitement. Although the whole lives of some patients are passed together in the same apartment, they are passed in solitude; there is no solitude more complete.) Forms and tables, the only furniture. Nothing in the rooms to remind their …