Guillaume Ferrus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Guillaume Ferrus

French psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1784

Place of Birth: Briançon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 23-Mar-1861

Profession: psychiatrist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Guillaume-Marie-André Ferrus (2 September 1784 – 23 March 1861) was a French psychiatrist born in Château-Queyras, near Briançon, Hautes-Alpes.He was a student of Philippe Pinel (1745–1826), and for much of his career was associated with the Bicêtre Hospital in a suburb of Paris.
He was one of the founders of Société Médico-Psychologique, and was its first president (1852–53).
In 1835 he was appointed inspector-general of mental institutions. With Pinel and Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772–1840), Ferrus was a major force regarding reform of insane asylums in early and mid-19th century France.
He founded La Ferme Sainte-Anne, which was an innovative agricultural project designed as work therapy for mental patients.Ferrus believed that the vast majority of mental illnesses were due to a physical disorder, even if the problem was not anatomically apparent.
This viewpoint led to bitter disputes with physicians such as François Leuret (1797–1851), who maintained that somatic disorders were only occasionally the cause of mental illness.

François Séraphin Delpech (1778–1825)
Alternative names	François-Séraphin Delpech; Francois Seraphin Delpech
Description	French engraver
Date of birth/death	1778	25 April 1825
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work location	France
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Zéphirin Belliard (1798–1871)
Alternative names	Zéphirin Belliard , Zephirin-Felix-Jean-Marius Belliard
Description	French lithographer and miniaturist
Date of birth/death	16 February 1798	1861
Location of birth/death	Marseille	Paris
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