Talk:Alienist

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I don`t have an english keyboard so I can not add the reference http://books.google.ca/books?id=qzJYAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA621&ots=QdVLh_nfle&dq=hospital%20for%20the%20insane%20alienist&ie=ISO-8859-1&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q=hospital%20for%20the%20insane%20alienist&f=false

an 1888 book with Alienist in the title. --Mark v1.0 (talk) 15:54, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

another source is here http://cantonasylumforinsaneindians.com/history_blog/the-canton-asylum-for-insane-indians/an-important-alienist --Mark v1.0 (talk) 15:56, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

2014 TV series "Penny Dreadful" refers to "alienists" with this meaning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SoftZenDream (talk • contribs) 03:50, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Jounalistic book
Erik Larson uses the term in his book about the serial killer at the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition, commonly known as the Chicago World's Fair. The book is titled Devil in the White City, ©2003, pub Feb 2004, ISBN 9780375725609 for the trade paperback (Vintage Book) from Random House. Rags (talk) 23:30, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

Word origin and history
I think the etymology of "alienist" should be added. 2600:8800:786:A300:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 00:45, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

I would be interested in knowing the roots of the term. PurpleChez (talk) 15:11, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I have added an etymology section Keomike (talk) 19:15, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Notability concerns
I have concerns that this topic is not notable; see WP:WORDISSUBJECT. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 18:01, 21 November 2020 (UTC)