William Battie
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 248 years ago |
Date of birth | September 1,1703 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Devon |
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Died | London |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | June 13,1776 |
Books | A Treatise on Madness |
Grandchildren | Charlotte Rashleigh |
Catherine Call | |
Current partner | Anne Goode |
Children | Katherine Battie |
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Anne Battie | |
Parents | Edward Battie |
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ID | 4354436 |
William Battie Life story
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.