- Henri Legrand du Saulle
Henri Legrand du Saulle (
April 16 ,1830 -May 6 ,1886 ) was a Frenchpsychiatrist who was a native ofDijon . In 1856 he earned his medical doctorate from theUniversity of Paris , and was an assistant toBénédict Morel (1809-1873) at Saint-Yon, and practiced psychiatry underLouis-Florentin Calmeil (1798-1895) at the Charenton Asylum. He also worked atCharles Lasègue 's psychiatric emergency ward at the Prefecture of Police. Later he was associated with research done at theBicêtre (1867) andSalpétrière Hospitals.Henri du Saulle is remembered for his studies on
personality disorder s, particularly pioneer work involvingphobia s andobsessive-compulsive disorder s. He also did extensive work inforensic psychiatry , and was concerned with its legal implications as it applied to mental disease.Selected writings
* "La folie devant les tribunaux" (1864)
* "Prisbelönt av Institutet, Pronostic et traitement d’épilepsie" (1869)
* "Le délire des persécutions" (1871)
* "La folie héréditaire" (1873)
* "Traité de médecine legale, de jurisprudence médicale et de toxicologie" (1874)
* "La folie du doute avec délire du toucher" (1875)
* "Étude médico-légale sur les épileptiques" (1877)
* "Étude clinique sur la peur des espaces" (1878)
* " Étude médico-légale sur l’interdiction des aliénés" (1880)
* "Les hystériques (1882)References
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://dijoon.free.fr/legranddusaulle.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=6&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Henri%2BLegrand%2Bdu%2BSaulle%25E2%2580%258E%2522%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG Biography of Henri Du Saulle, Translated from French by Google]
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