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Nathaniel Cotton and Collegium Insanorum blue plaque

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Nathaniel Cotton and Collegium Insanorum blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Nathaniel Cotton (1706-1788) early mental health practitioner & poet ran his "Collegium Insanorum" on this site Recorded plaque organisation: St Albans Civic Society.
Nathaniel Cotton (1706-1788) was an early mental health practitioner and poet who operated the "Collegium Insanorum," one of the first institutions in England to treat mental illness with a degree of humanity, marking a step towards more compassionate approaches in psychiatric care.

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