Ferrus, to whom I have referred, did not find camisoles in use at St. Luke's in 1826, but "strong chains were employed to hold the excited patients.
"Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles"
Daniel Hack Tuke
It was principally owing to the fact that Miss Belsize-the "lady" who dispensed camisoles, or some equally seductive garments-had flatly refused to accompany him any longer to the High Street Picture Palace if he remained in his frock coat, that our friend had donned khaki.
"No Man's Land"
H. C. McNeile
For a long while he had stoutly affirmed that he was indispensable; then the transfer of affection on the part of camisoles to a dangerous-looking corporal from the wild and woolly West decided him.
"No Man's Land"
H. C. McNeile