Henry Cotton

Henry Cotton was an American psychiatrist and surgeon in the early 20th century, known for his controversial theories that mental health issues were often caused by untreated infections in the body. He proposed that removing these infections could cure various psychiatric disorders. Cotton conducted numerous surgeries to remove tonsils, teeth, and other organs, believing they were sources of infection. While his ideas gained some attention at the time, they have since been discredited as modern medicine has developed a more nuanced understanding of mental health, emphasizing the complexity of psychological conditions over simplistic biological causes.