About Luther Vose Bell

Luther Vose Bell, M.D. was one of the thirteen mental hospital superintendents who met in Philadelphia in 1844 to organize the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane (AMSAII), now the American Psychiatric Association, and the first medical specialty society in the United States. He was also Superintendent of the McLean Asylum near Boston, from 1837 to 1855.

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Luther Vose Bell

American psychiatrist and army surgeon (1806-1862)

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About Luther Vose Bell

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psychiatrist, surgeon

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President of the American Psychiatric Association

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United States

Born

December 20, 1806

Died

February 11, 1862

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