title: Antoine-Marie Chambeyron (1797-1851): a forgotten disciple of Jean-Etienne Esquirol (1772-1840).
abstract: Antoine-Marie Chambeyron (1797-1851) was a disciple of Jean-Etienne Esquirol (1772-1840) that history forgot, undoubtedly because he made no original contribution to psychiatric nosography. In 1827, his interest in the medical-legal status of the insane led him to translate into French and annotate the first medical-legal psychiatric treatise ever published, which was the work of the German philosopher Johann Christoph Hoffbauer (1766-1827). His translation played a role in shaping the French Law of 1838, the first piece of modern legislation aimed at protecting the rights of mental patients and limiting the State's power to confine them arbitrarily. Chambeyron is among the least-cited contributors to the prestigious work of nineteenth-century French alienists.
authors.affiliation: Family physician (private practice), France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Walusinski
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy*; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D014175:Translating
keywords: Antoine-Marie Chambeyron; France; Jean-Etienne Esquirol; Johann Hoffbauer; La Salpêtrière School; medico-legal conditions of the insane; nineteenth century