William Battie
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. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians in 1764.
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Date of Birth
September 1st, 1703
Age
323
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
June 13rd, 1776
Died Aged
72
Star Sign
Virgo
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