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John Monro (physician)

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in 1737 and received a Radcliffe travelling fellowship that enabled him to study in Europe for 10 years, which included Edinburgh, Leiden, Paris and Rome. He was formally appointed as joint physician at Bethlem and
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One criticism of Bedlam at this time was that it allowed paying visitors to observe the lunatics, and despite the banning of this practice at St. Luke's, Monro didn't restrict it until 1770.
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in 1751 to aid his ailing father, although he had been a governor since 1748, and as physician when his father died a year later. He became a fellow of the
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have been characterised as narrow and reactionary but he has recently been defended in the first biography published about him in recent years.
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Andrews, Jonathan; Scull, Andrew (2001), "Undertaker of the Mind: John Monro and Mad-Doctoring in Eighteenth-Century England",
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William Battie's Treatise on Madness (1758) and John Monro's Remarks on Dr Battie's Treatise (1758) - 250 years ago
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Bethlem had lost its institutional monopoly for the treatment of insanity by the creation of
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Monro had four sons with his wife, Elizabeth: John, Charles, James, and
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in 1758, which appeared to criticise the practices of Bethlem. His
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who formed a dynasty of mad-doctors between 1728 and 1855.
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Bethlem Hospital
James Monro
Monro family of physicians
Thomas
St John's College, Oxford
Bridewell
Royal College of Physicians
St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics
William Battie
Treatise on Madness
Dynasty of mad-doctors: the Monros
the original


"The Monro dynasty and their treatment of madness in London"
"Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/18976
UK public library membership
Andrews & Scull 2001
William Battie's Treatise on Madness (1758) and John Monro's Remarks on Dr Battie's Treatise (1758) - 250 years ago
Treatise on Madness
Remarks on Dr. Battie's Treatise on Madness
ISBN
0-5202-3151-1
PMID
14674414
"John Monro" 

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