Bicêtre Hospital
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The Bicêtre is most famous as the Asylum de Bicêtre where Superintendent Philippe Pinel is credited as being the first to introduce humane methods into the treatment of the mentally ill, in 1793.
The Bicêtre is referenced in The Birth of the Asylum from Foucault's Madness and Civilization. In it, Pinel's methods are classified as more devious than humane.
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