Henry Cotton (psychiatrist)
Henry Cotton (born May 18, 1876 in Norfolk , Virginia , † May 8, 1933 ) was an American psychiatrist and director of a famous mental hospital in Trenton , New Jersey . Cotton advocated a controversial theory : he believed that the cause of almost every psychiatric illness was a local infection (teeth, tonsils, gastrointestinal). Cotton tried to help his patients through sometimes very radical operations.
Although Cottons therapies were unsuccessful and resulted in large deaths, he remained a recognized psychiatrist.
literature
- Andrew Scull: Madhouse. A tragic tale of megalomania and modern medicine. Yale University Press, New Haven 2005, ISBN 0-300-10729-3 .
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| SURNAME | Cotton, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American psychiatrist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norfolk , Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1933 |