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William Battie (sometimes spelt Batty〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dr William Battie ))〕), 1 September 1703–13 June 1776, was an English physician who published in 1758 the first lengthy book on the treatment of mental illness, ''A Treatise on Madness'', and by extending methods of treatment to the poor as well as the affluent, helped raise psychiatry to a respectable specialty. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians in 1764. ==Biography== He was born in 1703 or 1704, the son of a vicar, Reverend Edward Battie, in Modbury, Devon.〔 He studied at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. Being unable to afford a legal training he "diverted his attention to physic" and practised for a short time in Cambridge. After practising for many years in the field of psychiatry in London, he acquired two private "madhouses" near St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, from which he gained a handsome income. His appointment as chief physician at St. Luke's gave him a firm base upon which to consolidate his reputation. He was elected in January, 1742 a Fellow of the Royal Society.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title= Library and Archive Catalogue ) 〕 He was, in 1764, the first and only psychiatrist to become President of the Royal College of Physicians He died following a stroke in 1776 and was buried alongside his wife in Kingston, Surrey. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Battie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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