Richard Lovett (scientist)

Richard Lovett (1692–1780) was an English amateur scientist and lay clerk of Worcester Cathedral.[1]

Lovett was mainly known as a pioneer in the electric shock therapy. His results from experiments around 1755, were recorded in The Subtil Medium (1756) and The Electrical Philosopher (1774).[2]

References

  1. ↑  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "Lovett, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography 34. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ↑ Charles E. Dinsmore A History of Regeneration Research 2007 Page 154, "by 1755, Richard Lovett claimed to be treating mental disease successfully with electric sparks and current".
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