The Battle Creek Sanatorium existed in this form from 1886 to 1933. It was founded by J.H.K., whose family became famous for breakfast cereals. The story contains a mix of truth and fantasy.
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The Battle Creek Sanatorium specialized in the treatment of male illnesses like "hysteria", "homosexuality", and similar. Although the patients were 18 and 40 years old, JHK all called them 'boys' for dominating reasons.
JHK, the founder of the Battle Creek Sanatorium, invented several machines and unorthodox methods for the treatment of his patients. And he invented several models of chastity cages and devices, which his patients had to wear as long as they were not in a treatment session.
The 'boys' in the Battle Creek Sanatorium usually had to wear chastity devices to prevent them from playing with themselves (or other patients), as long as they were not in a therapy session. Which 'boy' had to wear which device was one of the many mysteries of JHK's mind.
As wardens and nurse-helpers in the Battle Creek Sanatorium JHK prefered lower class men between 18 and 20 years, with sadistic tendencies. In his opinion it helped forcing the patients into submission, especially as the patients usually were older and from well-off families.
The treatment for the patients in the Battle Creek Sanatorium included among other things: sports, enemas (which JHK was a big fan of), dildos and electrotherapy, but also menial household chores and more.
Spanking into submission and as punishment on a daily basis were standart at the Battle Creek Sanatorium. The patients had to endure this treatment daily. But the nurses and wardens often punished the 'boys' additional to the daily dosis prescribed by the doctor.
There's a lot of photographic material about the Battle Creek Sanatorium from the 1920s. Here for instance we see one of the young wardens exerting electrotherapy at one of the patients.
