PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R R O'Flynn
AU  - H A Waldron
TI  - Delpech and the origins of occupational psychiatry.
AID  - 10.1136/oem.47.3.189
DP  - 1990 Mar 01
TA  - British Journal of Industrial Medicine
PG  - 189--198
VI  - 47
IP  - 3
4099  - http://oem.bmj.com/content/47/3/189.short
4100  - http://oem.bmj.com/content/47/3/189.full
SO  - Br J Ind Med1990 Mar 01; 47
AB  - Auguste-Louis Delpech (1818-80) has been remembered principally as the author of the first detailed description of the serious consequences of exposure to carbon disulphide. A close reading of his work suggests that his reputation has been seriously undervalued. The subsequent development of occupational psychiatry, with its emphasis on the distinction between the organic and the functional, may be traced through publications on carbon disulphide. It is argued that a contemporary approach to occupational psychiatry is long overdue.