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Philippe Pinel

1745 - 1826

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Philippe Pinel (French: [pinɛl]; 20 April 1745 – 25 October 1826) was a French physician, precursor of psychiatry and incidentally a zoologist. He was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of psychiatric patients, referred to today as moral therapy. He worked for the abolition of the shackling of mental patients by chains and, more generally, for the humanisation of their treatment. He also made notable contributions to the classification of mental disorders and has been described by some as "the father of modern psychiatry". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Pinel is the 60th most popular physician (down from 56th in 2019), the 495th most popular biography from France (up from 562nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Physician.

Pinel is most famous for his treatment of the mentally ill in the 18th century. He was one of the first to advocate for humane treatment of the mentally ill, and he was one of the first to study mental illness as a medical condition.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Philippe Pinel ranks 60 out of 726. Before him are Peter C. Doherty, Gabor Maté, Emil Kraepelin, Emil Theodor Kocher, Charles Nicolle, and Thutmose IV. After him are Samuel Hahnemann, Gerhard Domagk, Jean-Martin Charcot, Francesco Redi, António Egas Moniz, and René Laennec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Philippe Pinel ranks 5. Before him are Alessandro Volta, John Jay, Mikhail Kutuzov, and Maria Luisa of Spain. After him are Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Johan Christian Fabricius, Carl Stamitz, Levin August von Bennigsen, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Johann Hieronymus Schröter. Among people deceased in 1826, Philippe Pinel ranks 7. Before him are Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Carl Maria von Weber, Giuseppe Piazzi, Joseph von Fraunhofer, and John VI of Portugal. After him are René Laennec, Joseph Proust, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Stamford Raffles, and Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Pinel ranks 495 out of 6,770. Before him are Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Genevieve (423), Childebert I (497), Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), and Robert Delaunay (1885). After him are Françoise Hardy (1944), Alfred Binet (1857), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), Robert Campin (1375), Philippe Noiret (1930), and Aimery of Cyprus (1172).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Philippe Pinel ranks 7. Before him are Albert Schweitzer (1875), Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845), Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738), Claude Bernard (1813), Alexis Carrel (1873), and Charles Nicolle (1866). After him are Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), René Laennec (1781), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Hilary of Poitiers (315), Ambroise Paré (1510), and Karl Brandt (1904).

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