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Philippe Pinel

1745 - 1826

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Philippe Pinel (French: [pinɛl]; 20 April 1745 – 25 October 1826) was a French physician, precursor of psychiatry and incidentally a zoologist. He was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of psychiatric patients, referred to today as moral therapy. He worked for the abolition of the shackling of mental patients by chains and, more generally, for the humanisation of their treatment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Pinel has received more than 414,322 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Philippe Pinel is the 56th most popular physician (down from 54th in 2019), the 562nd most popular biography from France (down from 510th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Physician.

Pinel is most famous for his treatment of the mentally ill in the 18th century. He was one of the first to advocate for humane treatment of the mentally ill, and he was one of the first to study mental illness as a medical condition.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Philippe Pinel ranks 56 out of 726. Before him are Franz Mesmer, Eugen Bleuler, Herbert Spencer Gasser, Robert Bellarmine, René Laennec, and Djer. After him are Gerhard Domagk, Emil Theodor Kocher, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Karl Brandt, Hans Asperger, and William P. Murphy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Philippe Pinel ranks 4. Before him are Alessandro Volta, John Jay, and Mikhail Kutuzov. After him are Maria Luisa of Spain, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Levin August von Bennigsen, Carl Stamitz, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Fyodor Ushakov, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Johan Christian Fabricius. Among people deceased in 1826, Philippe Pinel ranks 8. Before him are Carl Maria von Weber, John Adams, Giuseppe Piazzi, John VI of Portugal, Joseph von Fraunhofer, and René Laennec. After him are Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Joseph Proust, Stamford Raffles, Elizabeth Alexeievna, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, and Levin August von Bennigsen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Pinel ranks 562 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Utrillo (1883), Rashi (1040), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Suger (1080), Yolande de Polastron (1749), and Claude Louis Berthollet (1748). After him are Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (1464), Auguste de Marmont (1774), Bernard Tapie (1943), Louise Élisabeth of France (1727), René of Anjou (1409), and Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Philippe Pinel ranks 10. Before him are Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), Alexis Carrel (1873), Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845), Ambroise Paré (1510), Hilary of Poitiers (315), and René Laennec (1781). After him are Karl Brandt (1904), Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), Charles Nicolle (1866), Jean Nicot (1530), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), and Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771).

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