Thomas Wakley, plagiarism, libel and the founding of <i>The                   Lancet</i>

Jones, Roger

doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.090144

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“…The appetite for scrutiny came first from within the medical profession. The impetus of medical 'reform' inspired, among other developments, the founding of The Lancet and the related exposure of ignorant or unskilled practitioners by their more confident peers (Jones, 2009). These intra-professional moves were supported by foundational legislation.…”

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Sexual abuse by superintending staff in the nineteenth-century lunatic asylum: medical practice, complaint and risk

Dobbing

Tomkins

2020

Hist Psychiatry

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The nineteenth century witnessed a great shift in how insanity was regarded and treated. Well documented is the emergence of psychiatry as a medical specialization and the role of lunatic asylums in the West. Unclear are the relationships between the heads of institutions and the individuals treated within them. This article uses two cases at either end of the nineteenth century to demonstrate sexual misdemeanours in sites of mental health care, and particularly how they were dealt with, both legally and in the press. They illustrate issues around cultures of complaint and the consequences of these for medical careers. Far from being representative, they highlight the need for further research into the doctor–patient relationship within asylums, and what happened when the boundaries were blurred.

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Section: Evolving Cultures Of Complaint and Making Examplesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual abuse by superintending staff in the nineteenth-century lunatic asylum: medical practice, complaint and risk

Dobbing

Tomkins

2020

Hist Psychiatry

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“…We owe him an enormous debt. [32]. As Sharp concluded in his elegant biographical sketch of Wakley, "Not all the public memorials to a life coloured by disagreement, have themselves been free from controversy.…”

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