William Battie
British physician · Doctors · Lived 1703 to 1776 · aged 72
William Battie was an English physician who published, in 1758, A Treatise on Madness, a highly influential book on the use of institutionalisation and shock therapy as methods of treating mental illness. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians in 1764.
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Lived 1703 to 1776 · aged 72
