William Saunders Hallaran

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Hallaran's chair, 1818

William Saunders Hallaran (born around 1765 ; died 1825 ) was an Irish psychiatrist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum in Cork for 40 years . His work is considered to be groundbreaking for psychiatry in Ireland.

Works

  • An inquiry into the causes producing the extraordinary addition to the number of insane, together with extended observations on the cure of insanity: with hints as to the better management of public asylums for insane persons. Cork, 1810
  • Practical observations on the causes and cure of insanity. Cork, 1818 (second edition of the work from 1810)

literature

  • BD Kelly: Dr William Saunders Hallaran and psychiatric practice in nineteenth-century Ireland. In: Ir J Med Sci. 2008 Mar; 177 (1): 79-84. Epub June 27, 2007
  • Julia Mary Nolan: William Saunders Hallaran, Ireland's First Psychiatrist, and a Pioneer in the Treatment of Insanity in Nineteenth Century Ireland. NUI, Department of History, UCC., 2010
  • CS Breathnach: Hallaran's circulating swing. In: History of Psychiatry, 21 (1), 2010, pp. 74-81

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CS Breathnach: Hallaran's circulating swing. In: History of psychiatry. Volume 21, number 81 Pt 1, March 2010, pp. 79-84, doi : 10.1177 / 0957154X09342760 , PMID 21877432 .
personal data
SURNAME Hallaran, William Saunders
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish psychiatrist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1765
DATE OF DEATH 1825