William Tuke

William Tuke, founder of the York Retreat, originally built for rich members of a spcficif denomination, by the name of Quakers, but soon opened to everyone. William Tuke built the Retreat to be therapeutic and provide comfort. There he included Quaker ideals and values in his treatment of his patients. He popularized the 'moral treatment' of lunatic patients. 

Works Cited: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tuke

EDGINTON, BARRY. “The York Retreat.” Victorian Review, vol. 39, no. 1, 2013, pp. 9–13. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24496989. Accessed 14 Dec. 2023.

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Spring 1732 to Winter 1822