I give up with you folks. You're bound and determined to imagine what you like about what went on at Glenn Dale. And I'll admit, gastric washing involves snaking a tube through the nose into the stomach (I recall it being a very long black rubber tube). But please do your research and contact people who lived and worked there. I know it;s harder than using your imaginations but give it a shot. You'll find that no one was zapping anyone's brain--there was no ward for the mentally ill-- and that mouth gags were used in the treatment of TB.

Gee, who said Glenn Dale was a mental health facility? Do your research.

mouth gag + rubber tube= gastric washing.

Believe what you wish. If you choose to believe that "mouth gags" were used during ECT, go right ahead.

Intubation Set

Brief Description

O'Dwyer's intubation set. Consists of mouth gag, introducer, extractor, six oval metal tubes and six long obturators for same.

History of Object

Materials and Finishes

Metal (plated).

References

Creator Hudson, Dr. L.C.
Quantity 19 item (4.7 x 23.5 x 12.8 cm) Inventory Identifier MHM00283 Series 58

The mouth gag ensured that the patient's mouth was immobilised during an exploration or operation on the mouth, trachea (airway to the lungs), larynx (the voice box) or the oesophagus (the gullet). When the finger holds are brought together the instrument opens. It works like a pair of scissors, only backwards. There was also a smaller version for use on children.

I was a patient there. I know what the mouth gags were for. They had nothing to do with ECT, but you folks go on with your fantasies. Heaven forbid anyone should intrude with facts.

i think i'm going to just stop reading the comments because, although most are intelligent, the ignorant ones are appallingly so.

for goodness' sake, there was no ect going on here. mouth gags were used to keep a patient's mouth open while doc stuck a tube down to lungs. this was a tb treatment facility, not a mental asylum.