John Conolly
Standard Name: Conolly, John
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1830
Physician John Conolly
popularized the concept of moral management, in his Inquiry Concerning the Indications of Insanity.
1 June 1839
John Conolly
became the resident physician at Hanwell Lunatic Asylum
; he proved that a large mental institution could be managed without physical discipline.
By 18 September 1847
John Conolly
published The Construction and Government of Lunatic Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane, which likened the asylum to a home with a benevolent superintendent father.
1856
In Treatment of the Insane Without Mechanical Restraints, physician John Conolly
dramatically portrayed the advantages of state incarceration for mentally unstable women.
1859
The public was shocked to hear that eminent physician and psychiatrist John Conolly
had operated on a kickback system, receiving a 15% commission for each person he certified to confinement at Moorcroft House
.
After March 1866
On the death of prominent Victorian psychiatrist John Conolly
, his son-in-law and leading Darwinist psychiatrist Henry Maudsley
wrote a scathing official memoir.