Pinel

[ pee-nel ]

noun

1. Phil·lippe [fee-, leep], 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.

Example Sentences

The first man from whom Pinel removed the manacles had, with those very manacles, killed one of his keepers.

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That great organ of opinion, not content with attacking Tuke, poured contempt upon his work, as well as on that of Pinel.

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There need be no controversy regarding the comparative merits of these two benefactors of our race, Pinel and Tuke.

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It seemed as though this innovation inaugurated by Pinel would overthrow the world and the foundations of society.

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At that period, Pinel advanced the revolutionary idea that insanity was not a sin, but a disease like all other diseases.

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