Thomas Arnold: a provincial psychiatrist in Georgian England.
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Thomas Arnold was one ofthe most prominent alienists in England at the end ofthe eighteenth century, but he has passed into comparative obscurity and little has been written about him.' Recently there has been a reawakening of interest in eighteenthcentury psychiatry,2 and his publications have again generated interest. However, his own life and his professional struggles also merit description, as examples of the problems of a provincial Georgian mad-doctor, and as the background to his publications.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Medical History
دوره 33 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989