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PINEL, Philippe (1745 – 1826)

PINEL, Philippe (1745 – 1826)

1745 – 1826

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Image source Anne-Louise Moreau, dite Anna Mérimée (1775-1852), mother of Prosper Mérimée · Bridgeman Art Library · Public domain

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1801 CE

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Traité médico-philosophique sur l’aliénation mentale ou la manie.

PINEL, Philippe (1745 – 1826)
PINEL, Philippe (1745 – 1826)

Pinel founded the French School of Psychiatry. He was among the first to treat the insane humanely; he dispensed with chains and placed his patients under the care of specially selected physicians. Garrison considered…