The saga of James Lucett and the process for curing insanity, Part 2 (1814–38)
‘Insanity cured’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19444720 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leonard Smith (0000-0001-9949-3666, University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 259-274 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-154X • E-ISSN: 1740-2360 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0957154x231211727 |
| PMID | 38053372 |
| OpenAlex | W4389397066 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Following the collapse of the Delahoyde and Lucett joint enterprise, James Lucett resumed practice on his own account. He continued to implement his ‘process’, promoting it as a unique cure for intractable cases of insanity. For two decades he pursued his activities, with varying success, at different locations in the London area. He maintained his public profile by extensive advertising, letters to newspapers and published pamphlets, extolling his unique ‘discovery’ and recounting claims of successful cures achieved. Accusations of quackery persisted along with other hostile criticism, particularly from medical men, which Lucett strongly challenged. Periodically he faced more serious difficulties due to legal infractions or financial hardships, but somehow Lucett survived most of these and persevered with his endeavours
Alternative medicine · Criticism · Insanity · Newspaper · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Quackery · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · History · Law · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |