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WHITE, WILLIAM ALAN
WHITE, WILLIAM ALAN
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William
Alanson White (1870 - 1937),
American
neurologist and
psychiatrist
, was a
professor
at
George Washington University
from 1904. As
superintendent
of
St
.
Elizabeth
's Hospital in
Washington
,
DC
, he made it a
leading
center for
psychiatric
care
and
training
, emphasizing humane treatment and abolishing various forms of physical restraint once in common
use
in
American
mental hospitals.