On the Bicentenary of the Birth of Esquirol (1772-1840), the First Complete Psychiatrist
GEORGE MORA M.D.1
1 Medical Director, Astor Home for Children, Rhinebeck, N.Y., and Research Associate, Department of the History of Science and Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
On the 200th anniversary of Esquirol's birth, the author discusses his remarkable contributions to psychiatry in the areas of classification and symptomatology, therapeutic principles, teaching, and improvement of legislation concerning the mentally ill.
