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William Battie

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Gender Male
Death248 years ago
Date of birth September 1,1703
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Devon
United Kingdom
DiedLondon
United Kingdom
Date of died June 13,1776
BooksA Treatise on Madness
Grandchildren Charlotte Rashleigh
Catherine Call
Current partner Anne Goode
Children Katherine Battie
Philadelphia Battie
Anne Battie
Parents Edward Battie
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William Battie was an English physician who published in 1758 the first lengthy book on the treatment of mental illness, A Treatise on Madness, and by extending methods of treatment to the poor as well as the affluent, helped raise psychiatry to a respectable specialty.

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