The saga of James Lucett and the process for curing insanity, Part 2 (1814-38): 'Insanity cured'.

IF 0.3 3区 哲学 Q4 HISTORY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
History of Psychiatry Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-05 DOI:10.1177/0957154X231211727
Leonard Smith
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Following the collapse of the Delahoyde and Lucett joint enterprise, James Lucett resumed practice on his own account. He continued to implement his 'process', promoting it as a unique cure for intractable cases of insanity. For two decades he pursued his activities, with varying success, at different locations in the London area. He maintained his public profile by extensive advertising, letters to newspapers and published pamphlets, extolling his unique 'discovery' and recounting claims of successful cures achieved. Accusations of quackery persisted along with other hostile criticism, particularly from medical men, which Lucett strongly challenged. Periodically he faced more serious difficulties due to legal infractions or financial hardships, but somehow Lucett survived most of these and persevered with his endeavours.

詹姆斯-卢塞特的传奇故事和治愈精神错乱的过程,第二部分(1814-1838 年):治愈的精神错乱
德拉霍伊德和卢塞特的合资企业倒闭后,詹姆斯-卢塞特重新开始独自开业。他继续实施自己的 "治疗方法",并将其宣传为治疗顽固性精神错乱的独特疗法。二十年来,他在伦敦地区的不同地点开展活动,取得了不同的成功。他通过大量的广告宣传、给报纸写信和出版小册子来维持自己的公众形象,大肆宣扬自己独特的 "发现",并讲述自己成功治愈的案例。对庸医的指责和其他恶意批评持续不断,尤其是来自医学界人士的批评,卢塞特对此提出了强烈质疑。由于触犯法律或经济拮据,他时不时地会遇到更严重的困难,但卢塞特却以某种方式挺过了大部分困难,并坚持不懈地努力。
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期刊介绍: History of Psychiatry publishes research articles, analysis and information across the entire field of the history of mental illness and the forms of medicine, psychiatry, cultural response and social policy which have evolved to understand and treat it. It covers all periods of history up to the present day, and all nations and cultures.
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