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Leigh, Denis, 1915-1998, consultant psychiatrist
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Dates of existence
1915-1998
History
Born 1915; Consultant Psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital and Bethlem Royal Hospital, based primarily at the Maudsley; last Physician to the Bethlem; characterized Leigh disease, also called sub-acute necrotizing encephalopathy Leigh syndrome, 1951; Secretary General of the World Psychiatric Association, [1977]; died, 1998. Publications: The Historical Development of British Psychiatry: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century , Volume I (New York, Pergamon Press, 1961).
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KCL-AF1205
Institution identifier
0100 KCLCA
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