Straitjacket

The straight jacket is a jacket for restraining a person in the medical use.

Development

It was invented by the "father of American psychiatry ," Dr. Benjamin Rush, in the 19th century. Since that time, the straitjacket in the so-called lunatic asylums was applied. When using it straitjackets came earlier, when patients were not kept in a padded cell to head injuries because the patients hit their heads against the wall. Straitjackets were once used in psychiatry, however - no longer used - at least in Germany. In the 1960s and 1970s, these jackets have also been referred to in many psychiatric institutions euphemistically called protection jackets.

Use

The straitjacket is a form of medical fixation dar. The arms of the person to be fixed are inserted into the sleeves of the straitjacket that have no opening at the end. The straitjacket is then first closed on the back by numerous straps are closed and tightened, the straitjacket is thus close to the chest. Then the arms are folded across the chest. By now, most modern straitjackets have attached a strap to the front, which are pulled by the sleeve; In addition, it is also loops on the sides of the jacket. This is to prevent the over-the - head - drawing of the arms. First, so that the fixed person can not free and secondly, so that the person also can not strangle yourself if the sleeves would hang around the neck. At the end of the sleeves are each a belt and a buckle that will be performed on the back and connected there. In order for the person, fixed the straitjacket can not pull over your head, there are many straitjackets another belt, the so-called crotch, which is drawn between the legs backwards and tightened as the other straps on the back. The freedom of movement of the legs is not affected by the straitjacket, they may get a separate shackle.

The fixation with the straitjacket seemed relatively easy compared with other chains in the first moment. In order to prevent the bound person himself free, the straitjacket must be well fitting. This is achieved in that the size of the jacket to fit the person who is to be fixed thereby. The use of a too small jacket and hinder breathing, which can lead to serious physical and mental disorders well as the fixed person can not help themselves.

Too large a straitjacket, in turn, would facilitate the fixed person, free the arms. Again, the arms are bent at the body, which can be very painful in the long run, by the location and the lack of opportunity to stretch out his arms. Here, choosing the right size also contributes significantly to the " comfort " at. Depending on the material used, it may be very warm in the straitjacket - the bound person begins on the duration of sweating heavily.

In the medical field, the carrier a straitjacket is therefore not fixed without regular monitoring in this.

There are reports in which the straitjacket was used as an instrument of torture. The straps were very tight.

Straitjackets in the area of ​​BDSM

In the BDSM and bondage scene straitjackets are used among other things to fix the bottom. These are often the design (especially many buckles, narrow neck ) and her material (latex, leather) adapted and produced for these purposes.