Philippe Pinel : a memorial sketch / by David F. Lincoln.

  • Lincoln, David F. (David Francis), 1841-1916.
Date:
1903
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Philippe Pinel : a memorial sketch / by David F. Lincoln. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    that Pinel's work was contemporaneous with that of John Howard, the prisoners' friend, and that of William Tuke, founder of the York Retreat for the Insane. These three led the advance-guard of modern philanthropy in a callous age, and they deserve to be joined in our love and reverence. William Tuke represents the Quaker spirit at its best. The establishment of the Retreat was due to a movement among his sect, which had its origin in cruel treatment of a member at the noto- rious asylum at York. It was conducted by Tuke upon principles identical with those of Pinel, although the two men seem to have worked in entire independence of each other. He and his successors of the same name have made his family illustri- ous for four generations in Britain.