# Robert Gardiner Hill

> Robert Gardiner Hill MD  was a British surgeon specialising in the treatment of lunacy. He is normally credited with being the first superintendent of a small asylum to develop a mode of treatment in which reliance on mechanical medical restraint and coercion could be dropped altogether. In practice he reached this situation in 1838.

*British surgeon and alienist (1811-1878)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** 1811-02-26
- **Died:** 1878-05-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Robert Gardiner Hill MD  was a British surgeon specialising in the treatment of lunacy. He is normally credited with being the first superintendent of a small asylum to develop a mode of treatment in which reliance on mechanical medical restraint and coercion could be dropped altogether. In practice he reached this situation in 1838.

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 58.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7344669)

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