Francis Reitmann

Dr. Francis Reitmann (died 1954) was a British psychiatrist. After studying with Ladislas J. Meduna in the 1930s, he worked at Maudsley Hospital and later with Eric Cunningham Dax at Netherne Hospital in Coulsdon. Reitmann followed the theory of biological psychiatry that organic defects were the sole source of mental illness, and therefore mental problems could be treated by physical means; he carried out experiments in the fields of shock therapy and leucotomy

His surname is sometimes spelled Reitman.