John Haslam

I think so, yeah.

The practice was abolished in 1808 after the hospital's apothecary, John Haslam, challenged the idea that patients became more disturbed because of the moon.

Haslam actually kept records of patients' behavior in an attempt to determine whether lunar phases were actually doing anything to increase disturbances.

He found no convincing evidence that the moon was responsible.

John Monroe was succeeded by his son, Thomas Monroe, who was no better, if not actually worse, than his father.

In 1795, he appointed an apothecary called John Haslam, who firmly believed that in order to kill the mentally ill, they first needed to be broken.

And this was a philosophy that increased the rate of torture to such a degree that a concerned Quaker called Edward Wakefield mounted an inspection of the hospital, accompanied by a governor and a member of parliament.

What they found inside so horrified them that a full inquiry was initiated, and Master Thomas Monroe was accused of wanting inhumanity, at which point he resigned rather than face the music.