Henri Legrand du Saulle
Henri Legrand du Saulle (16 April 1830 – 6 May 1886) was a French psychiatrist who was a native of Dijon.
As a young man he was an assistant to Bénédict Morel (1809-1873) at Saint-Yon, and also served under Louis-Florentin Calmeil (1798-1895) at the Charenton Asylum. In 1856 became a doctor to the medical faculty in Paris. Later he was appointed physician to the Bicêtre Hospital (replacing Prosper Lucas 1805-1885), and in 1879 succeeded Louis Delasiauve (1804-1893) as chief physician in the department for epileptics at Salpêtrière Hospital.[1] During his career he also worked at the Dépôt de la Préfecture de police, from 1863 serving as médecin-adjoint to Charles Lasègue (1816-1883).[2]
He is known for his studies on personality disorders, particularly pioneer work involving phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorders. He also performed extensive work in forensic psychiatry, being interested with the medical-judicial aspects of psychopathology.[3]
Selected writings
- La folie devant les tribunaux (1864)
- Prisbelönt av Institutet, Pronostic et traitement d’épilepsie (1869)
- Le délire des persécutions (1871)
- La folie héréditaire (1873)
- Traité de médecine legale, de jurisprudence médicale et de toxicologie (1874)
- La folie du doute avec délire du toucher (1875)
- Étude médico-légale sur les épileptiques (1877)
- Étude clinique sur la peur des espaces (1878)
- Étude médico-légale sur l’interdiction des aliénés (1880)
- Les hystériques (1882)
References
- An Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry by Edward Shorter
- Psychiatrie histoire (biography in French)
- ^ [1] The Medical Times and Gazette, Volume 1 for 1879
- ^ Edfrenesie Legrand du Saulle, Henri - La Folie du doute (avec délire du toucher).
- ^ Hysterical Psychosis: A Historical Survey by Katrien Libbrecht
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