René Semelaigne (12 December 1855 – 16 November 1934) was a French

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry. Psychiatrists are physicians who evaluate patients to determine whether their symptoms are the result of a physical illness, a combination of physical and mental ailments or strictly ...

and

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born in

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; 'Neuilly-on-Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department just west of Paris in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the ...

. He was the son of psychiatrist Armand Semelaigne (1820–1898) and a great-nephew of

Philippe Pinel Philippe Pinel (; 20 April 1745 – 25 October 1826) was a French physician, precursor of psychiatry and incidentally a zoologist. He was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of ps ...

(1745-1826). As a psychiatrist, he served as director of the Maison de santé de la Folie Saint-James à Neuilly. He is remembered for his historical studies of psychiatry, being the author of three well-regarded works: * ''Les grands aliénistes français'' (1894) - The great French alienists. Involves biographical studies of Pinel, Esquirol, Ferrus, Falret,

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and Georget. * ''Aliénistes et philanthropes. Les Pinel et les Tuke'' (1912) - Alienists and

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s. Pinel and Tuke. *
Les pionniers de la psychiatrie française avant et après Pinel
' - The pioneers of French psychiatry before and after Pinel; Volume 1, Paris, JB Bailliere and Son, 1930 and Volume 2, 1932.
(Written works)

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