Abstract

This is the first of two articles analysing the importance of J.J. Moreau de Tours' work and its influence on the development of descriptive psychopathology from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Part 1 focuses on biographical aspects and presents Moreau's main works in their social and cultural context, with special emphasis on his book Du Hachisch et de l'Aliénation mentale, published in 1845. The second article will concentrate on Moreau as a psychopathologist.

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