John Conolly
British psychiatrist
Died when: 71 years 282 days (861 months)Star Sign: Gemini
John Conolly (27 May 1794 – 5 March 1866) was an English psychiatrist.He published the volume Indications of Insanity in 1830.In 1839, he was appointed resident physician to the Middlesex County Asylum where he introduced the principle of non-restraint into the treatment of the insane, which led to non-restraint became accepted practice throughout England.
With colleagues he founded the 'Provincial Medical and Surgical Association', and founded the 'British and Foreign Medical Review, or, A Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine'.
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