Henry Maudsley

Henry Maudsley

Henry Maudsley (1835–1918) was a pioneering English psychiatrist.

Biographical sketch

Born in Rome, a small hamlet near Giggleswick in North Yorkshire and educated at University College London, Maudsley graduated with M.D. in 1857 and took a job at Wakefield asylum. At the age of 23 he became medical superintendent at the Cheadle Royal Hospital in Cheadle Hulme, returned to London in 1862, and was a professor of Medical Jurisprudence at his own college from 1869 to 1879.

From 1866 until 1874 he ran John Conolly's private asylum Lawn House in Hanwell. He married Conolly's youngest daughter, Ann, who was by then 36 years of age. cite book
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From 1862 until 1878 he was also editor of the Medico-Psychological Association's publication, the "Journal of Mental Science", now known as "The British Journal of Psychiatry". It was Maudsley who helped expand the scope of the journal to include articles of both a psychological and philosophical nature.

In 1907, Dr Henry Maudsley collaborated with London County Council to found the Maudsley Hospital by donating £30,000, a new mental hospital that would treat early and acute cases, and have an out-patients clinic. The hospital also housed teaching and research. The buildings were ready in 1915, and a new Act of Parliament made voluntary treatment possible. In 1948, the hospital merged with Bethlem Royal Hospital.

Works

* 1867 "The Physiology and Pathology of Mind." Macmillan
* 1870 "Body and Mind: An Inquiry into their Connection and Mutual Influence." Macmillan
* 1874 "Responsibility in Mental Disease." King
* 1876 "The Physiology of Mind." — Enlarged and revised 3rd editions
* 1879 "The Pathology of Mind." — of the 1867 work. (Macmillan)
* 1883 "Body and Will: In its Metaphysical, Physiological and Pathological Aspects." Kegan, Paul
* 1886 "Natural Causes and Supernatural Seemings." Kegan, Paul
* 1902 "Life in Mind and Conduct: Studies of Organic in Human Nature. " Macmillan
* 1908 "Heredity, Variation and Genius, with Essay on Shakespeare and Address on Medicine." John Bale, Sons & Danielsson
* 1916 "Organic to Human: Psychological and Sociological." Macmillan
* 1918 "Religion and Realities." John Bale, Sons & Danielsson

References

ee also

* Henry Maudslay, another 19th-century Englishman, who was an important machine tool pioneer


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