Quotes:Leuret, François

Zirkoff, Boris

Leuret, François. French physician specializing in insanity ; b. at Nancy, Dec. 29, 1797; d. Jan. 5, 1851. Studied at Paris mental diseases, under d’Esquirol; became doctor, 1826, and superintendent of the Paris insane asylum, 1829. Applied new methods to the treatment of insanity, such as musical therapy. Works: Anatomie comparée du système nerveux. Paris: J. B. Baillière, 1839-57. 2 vols.—*Fragments psychologiques sur la folie. Paris: Crochard, 1834. 8vo. vii, 426 pp.—Du traitement morale de la folie. Paris: J. B. Baillière, 1840.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 7, p. 380