Laennec and the vesanias: A crossroad of medicine, philosophy, and modern psychiatry
Published online on June 23, 2026
Abstract
History of Psychiatry, Ahead of Print.
This article revisits a little-known lecture by René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (1781–1826), best known as the inventor of the stethoscope, focusing instead on his reflections on mental illness—what he termed vesanias. Delivered at the Collège de France ...
This article revisits a little-known lecture by René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (1781–1826), best known as the inventor of the stethoscope, focusing instead on his reflections on mental illness—what he termed vesanias. Delivered at the Collège de France ...