The Subtle Influences of Maudsley Every experience in life in some way attributes to the person that one will become, as Maudsley himself said, “we shall find these subjected to subtle influences of mind and body during their formations and combinations, of which we hardly realize the importance.”(Galton) After Francis Galton presented his speech on Eugenics, the audience, composed of several upstanding individuals, discussed and critiqued it; one of those people was Henry Maudsley. By addressing Maudsley’s upbringing, education, and professional life, his participation in the Galton Eugenics discussion can be analyzed and further understood.
Henry Maudsley was born February 5th, 1834 in Parish of Giggleswick(village in North Yorkshire, England).
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By obtaining an understanding of who Maudsley was and how he became that person, the reader is able to perceive his response at a greater depth.
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