A Memoir of John Conolly, M.D., D.C.L
Comprising a Sketch of the Treatment of the Insane in Europe and America

Providing enlightening details about the treatment of mental illness in the nineteenth century, this 1869 biography lauds Conolly's humane methods.

James Clark (Author)

9781108062497, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 June 2013

326 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.41 kg

John Conolly (1794–1866) was a physician and alienist (psychiatrist) who worked with the mentally ill at the Hanwell County Asylum in Middlesex, where he introduced the principle of non-restraint. This action was at first controversial and met with strong opposition, but it served to further the cause of humane treatment, securing Conolly's reputation. Published in 1869, this biography was the last major work of Sir James Clark (1788–1870), a supporter of Conolly's enlightened methods. Clark himself had enjoyed a distinguished medical career, becoming a trusted physician and friend to Queen Victoria. Also reissued in this series are his Medical Notes on Climate, Diseases, Hospitals, and Medical Schools in France, Italy, and Switzerland (1820), The Influence of Climate in the Prevention and Cure of Chronic Diseases (1829) and A Treatise on Pulmonary Consumption (1835).

Preface
1. Early life and education
2. Resigned his professorship in University College
3. Dr Conolly enters on his duties
4. Resignation as resident physician
5. The difficulties
6. Observations on the neglect of practical teaching of insanity
7. Conolly on phrenology
8. A well-directed system of education for girls
9. Ready acceptance of non-restraint
10. Defects in organization of our asylums
11. Middle-class asylums
12. Earlswood
13. Foreign asylums
14. Non-restraint
15. Conolly's health began to decline
16. Failure of mental energy
17. A man of great natural talents
18. One of the original members of the British Medical and Surgical Association
19. Engaged in literary works
20. Dr Arthur Mitchell's opinion
Conclusion
Appendix.

Subject Areas: History of medicine [MBX]