He was <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman" title="Charlotte Perkins Gilman" id="mwkw">Charlotte Perkins Gilman</a>'s doctor and his use of a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Rest_cure" title="Rest cure" class="mw-redirect" id="mwlA">rest cure</a> on her provided the idea for "<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/The_Yellow_Wallpaper" title="The Yellow Wallpaper" id="mwlQ">The Yellow Wallpaper</a>", a short story in which the narrator is driven insane by this treatment.