Henry Maudsley

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

Contents 1 Biographical sketch 2 Works on psychiatry written by Maudsley 3 References 4 See also

[edit] Biographical sketch

Born near Giggleswick in North Yorkshire and educated at University College London, Maudsley graduated with M.D. in 1857, taking a job at Wakefield asylum. At the age of 23 he became medical superintendent at the Cheadle Royal Hospital in Cheadle Hulme, returning to London in 1862, and becoming 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, marrying Conolly's youngest daughter Ann, who was by then 36 years of age. ^[1]

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.

[edit] Works on psychiatry written by Maudsley

• 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

[edit] References

1. ^ (1988) "Chapter 6", in ed: Bynum, W F; Porter, Roy; Shepard, Michael: The anatomy of madness. Volume 3, The Asylum and its Psychiatry. (Hardback), London, England & New York, USA: Routledge. ISBN 0422603503. 

[edit] See also

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

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.