John Connolly

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John Connolly
John Connolly

John Conolly (* 27. May 1794 in Market Rasen , County Lincolnshire , † 5. March 1866 in Hanwell ) was a British physician for psychiatry and co-founder of the forerunner of the British Medical Association , a professional organization of British doctors.

Life

Connolly came from an Irish family and received his doctorate in medicine (MD) in Edinburgh in 1821 . He then worked as a doctor in Lewes , Chichester and Stratford-upon-Avon (in modern parlance as a resident doctor). In 1828 he received a professorship at University College London , which he held until 1831. In 1830 he published his work "Inquiry concerning the indications of insanity" and later moved to Warwick .

Together with Charles Hastings (1794–1866) and John Forbes (1787–1861), Connolly founded a medical society in 1832, which set itself the goal of improving medical care in rural areas. The British Medical Association later emerged from this society.

In 1839 he became an asylum doctor in the "Middlesex County Asylum" , an " insane asylum " in Hanwell. There he used the "non-restraint system" (see also the history of psychiatry ), which renounces the use of physical force. He gave up his position in Hanwell in 1843, but continued to campaign for the social-psychiatric movement.

In 1856 he published his work "Treatment of the insane without mechanical restraints" , which was initially highly hostile, but was later generally accepted. The nationwide spread of the non-restraint principle in the United Kingdom is attributed to Connolly's efforts .

Fonts

  • The Indications of Insanity with an introduction by Richard Hunter and Ida MacAlpine. Psychiatric Monograph, Series 4, 1830.
  • Construction and Government of Lunatic Asylums. 1847.
  • The Treatment of the Insane without Mechanical Restraints. 1856.
  • Essay on Hamlet. 1863.

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SURNAME Connolly, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British psychiatrist doctor
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Market lawn
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1866
Place of death Hanwell