Henri Dagonet (3 February 1823 in
Châlons-sur-Marne – 4 September 1902 in
Paris
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) was a French
psychiatrist.
In 1849, he received his medical doctorate and, during the following year, became superintendent at the Stéphansfeld asylum. From 1854, he was a ''
professeur agrégé
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''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. whe ...
'' at
Strasbourg, relocating to Paris in 1867, where he was appointed superintendent of the Sainte-Anne asylum. During his long career at Sainte-Anne, he worked with
(1805–1885),
Valentin Magnan
Valentin Magnan (16 March 1835 – 27 September 1916) was a French psychiatrist active in the 19th-century.
Biography
Valentin Magnan was a native of Perpignan. He studied medicine in Lyon and Paris, where he was a student of Jules Baill ...
(1835–1916) and
Gustave Bouchereau (1835–1900). In 1885, he was president of the Société Médico-Psychologique.
In 1862, he published ''Traité élémentaire et pratique des maladies mentales'', with further editions in 1876 and 1894 as '' Nouveau traité élémentaire et pratique des maladies mentales''. The second edition (1876) is recognized as the first medical textbook to use photographic illustration of patients. The book contains eight
Woodburytype
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plates depicting 33 "types of insanity".
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References
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People from Châlons-en-Champagne
1823 births
1902 deaths
French psychiatrists
Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg