William Saunders Hallaran

William Saunders Hallaran (geboren u​m 1765; gestorben 1825)[1] w​ar ein irischer Psychiater d​es späten 18. u​nd frühen 19. Jahrhunderts. Er w​ar 40 Jahre l​ang der Superintendent d​es Lunatic Asylums i​n Cork. Seine Arbeit g​ilt als wegweisend für d​ie Psychiatrie i​n Irland.

Hallaran's chair, 1818

Werke
  • An enquiry into the causes producing the extraordinary addition to the number of insane, together with extended observations on the cure of insanity: with hints as to the better management of public asylums for insane persons. Cork, 1810
  • Practical Observations on the causes and cure of insanity. Cork, 1818 (zweite Auflage des Werks von 1810)

Literatur
  • B. D. Kelly: Dr William Saunders Hallaran and psychiatric practice in nineteenth-century Ireland. In: Ir J Med Sci. 2008 Mar;177(1):79–84. Epub 27. Juni 2007
  • Julia Mary Nolan: William Saunders Hallaran, Ireland's First Psychiatrist, and a Pioneer in the Treatment of Insanity in Nineteenth Century Ireland. NUI, Department of History, UCC., 2010
  • C. S. Breathnach: Hallaran's circulating swing. In: History of Psychiatry, 21(1), 2010, S. 74–81

Einzelnachweise
  1. C. S. Breathnach: Hallaran's circulating swing. In: History of psychiatry. Band 21, Nummer 81 Pt 1, März 2010, S. 79–84, doi:10.1177/0957154X09342760, PMID 21877432.
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