James Crichton-Browne

James Crichton Browne and controlled evaluation of drug treatment for mental illness.

What the doctor thought and did: Sir James Crichton-Browne (1840-1938).

The long life and diverse activities of James Crichton-Browne (1840-1938), the Scottish-born alienist, neurologist and author, present considerable difficulties in explication. He links the era of Chartism and the appearance, for example, in 1844, of the Vestiges of the natural history of creation,1 with the age of psychoanalysis, European war and European fascism. Until the past few years no d...

Sir Thomas Browne.

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History of Crichton Royal.

similar problems yet so different in so many other ways from each other, are making towards the betterment of their people's health. I am not expert in medical history; like any other consultant, I know only something about my own specialty, and about my own hospital. Encouragement may be drawn, however, from the fact that the history of this hospital reflects much of the history of psychiatry ...

Dr. Leonard Browne

At the beginning of World War II, Leonard Browne volunteered for service again, in the psychiatric work of the Army, and was amongst the first group of specialists to be called up. He earned a great reputation for solid reliability, and for imaginative ideas to improve morale and prevent breakdown. He had a big share in the pioneering of young soldier battalions, with their special arrangements...