French physician Philippe Pinel in 1795 ordered fetters removed from insane women in Paris' salpetriere. Father of psychiatry.
Philippe Pinel (20 April 1745 - 25 October 1826) was a French physician who was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of psychiatric patients, referred to today as moral treatment. He also made notable contributions to the classification of mental disorders and has been described by some as "the father of modern psychiatry".
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