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Philippe Pinel

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Philippe Pinel , 1745-1826, French physician, M.D. Univ. of Toulouse, 1773. After moving to Paris in 1778, he was appointed (1793) director of the Bicêtre hospital and shortly thereafter of the Salpêtrière. His Traité médico-philosophique sur l'aliénation mentale (2d ed. 1809), based on observations in both these hospitals, advocated humane treatment of mentally ill persons, then called the insane, and a more empirical study of mental disease. He further contributed to the development of psychiatry through his establishment of the practice of keeping... Read more

Philippe Pinel
Encyclopedia of World Biography Philippe Pinel The French physician Philippe Pinel (1745-1826) was the major figure in early efforts to provide humane care and treatment for the mentally ill. Philippe Pinel was born on April 20, 1745, in the hamlet of Roques. At 17 ... Read more

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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... disorders, medieval thought emphasized demonic influence. From the Middle Ages until the time of the French physician Philippe Pinel (1745-1826), who instituted humanitarian reforms in the care of the mentally ill, there was no organized attempt to ... Read more

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