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James Lucett是伦敦的一名职员,他声称拥有一种治疗慢性精神错乱的秘密药物。1813年,他和爱尔兰外科医生查尔斯·德拉霍伊德获得了王室和贵族的庇护,以实施他们的“程序”,并开设了一家私人庇护机构。在对来自Bethlem和Hoxton的迄今为止难以治疗的患者取得明显显著效果后,他们引起了公众的极大兴趣。Delahoyde和Lucett短暂成名,但不到一年,很明显,戏剧性的恢复只是暂时的。他们的企业在混乱和破产中倒闭,这一事件很快就基本上被遗忘了。德拉霍伊德逃到爱尔兰,但勒塞特设法在实践中重新确立了自己的地位。本文叙述了企业的起源、经营和失败。第二篇文章将探讨Lucett随后的职业生涯。
The saga of James Lucett and the process for curing insanity, Part 1 (1811-14): The rise and fall of Delahoyde and Lucett.
James Lucett, a London clerk, claimed possession of a secret remedy for curing chronic insanity. In 1813, he and the Irish surgeon Charles Delahoyde secured royal and aristocratic patronage to implement their 'process' and opened a private asylum. They aroused great public interest after apparently remarkable results with hitherto intractable patients from Bethlem and Hoxton. Delahoyde and Lucett attained brief celebrity, but within a year it was evident that the dramatic recoveries were only temporary. Their venture collapsed in disarray and bankruptcy, and the episode was soon largely forgotten. Delahoyde fled to Ireland, but Lucett managed to re-establish himself in practice. This article narrates the origins, operation and failure of the enterprise. A second article will consider Lucett's subsequent career.
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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.